AI 'godmother' Fei-Fei Li says she is 'proud to be different'

Professor Fei-Fei Li, recognized as the 'godmother of AI,' is being honored for her pioneering work in artificial intelligence. Alongside six other AI pioneers, including Prof Yoshua Bengio and Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, she will receive the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. Prof. Li's contributions to machine learning and computer vision, particularly her work on the ImageNet project, have been instrumental in advancing AI. Emphasizing a pragmatic approach to the discussion around AI's future, she advocates for balanced and science-based communication to educate the public.