AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li warns policymakers not to let sci-fi sensationalism shape AI rules
Fei-Fei Li, the Stanford researcher who also founded World Labs, was invited to the Grand Palais in Paris on Monday to give the opening speech at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit which is taking place this week.
While she shared some of her talking points over the weekend, her stance on AI regulation and the AI ecosystem as a whole was interesting. She managed to appear both pro-business and anti-Big Tech/big AI labs at the same time.
“We need to invest in far healthier and more vibrant AI ecosystems where academia and the community can produce,” she told conference delegates. “Open-source communities and the public sector can all participate and play their critical role alongside big companies in driving this technology forward. If AI is going to change the world, we need everyone from all walks of life to have a role in shaping this change.”
“If these resources are concentrated in only a handful of companies, the AI ecosystem will suffer from the lack of curiosity-driven research, top educational talents, open-source efforts, and multidisciplinary explorations,” Fei-Fei added.