Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedLenny Rachitsky: belief
16 Nov 2025 Lenny's Podcast The Godmother of AI on jobs, robots, and why world models are next | Dr. Fei-Fei Li
“There's this line, I think, this was when you were presenting to Congress. There's nothing artificial about AI.”
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- Speaker
- Lenny Rachitsky
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 16 Nov 2025
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
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…In the middle of 2015, middle of 2016, some tech companies avoid using the word AI because they were not sure if AI was a dirty word. 2017-ish was the beginning of companies calling themselves AI companies. There's this line, I think, this was when you were presenting to Congress. There's nothing artificial about AI. It's inspired by people. It's created by people, and most importantly, it impacts people. It's not like I think AI will have no impact on jobs or people. In fact, I believe that whatever AI does, currently or in the future, is up to us. It's up to the people. I do believe technology is a net positive for humanity, but I think every technology is a double-edged sword. If we're not doing the right thing as a society, as individuals, we can screw this up as well.…
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