It has been a while since I finished reading this book, but I haven't taken the time to review this book, which I think has a profound inspirational meaning to me.
Before reading this book, I could only say that I had heard a little about Professor Fei-Fei Li, and I got to know her mainly because of her extremely well-known ImageNet and her remarkable research on machine vision in recent years.
I can clearly feel Professor Fei-Fei Li's humanistic qualities in the book "The Worlds I See". I think this must be the result of the books she has read, the people she has met, the roads she has walked, the world she has seen, and everything she has experienced. She has been treated gently by the world, so she also wants to treat the world gently.
After reading this book, the first thing that touched me the most was Professor Li Feifei's experience of struggling with her parents under very difficult conditions of the times and family conditions. Li Feifei was born in a quiet and upheaval family. But in this unfortunate situation, Li Feifei also had many lucky things. Her parents gave her an extremely good education, and on the road of struggle, Professor Li's family also met various different kind-hearted individuals, and continued to move forward with their help.
With the help of her mentor along the way, Fei-Fei Li studied very hard and was admitted to Princeton University. The American dream of Fei-Fei Li's parents also began to be realized in Fei-Fei Li.
Putting aside the rest of Feifei's efforts and the part about the development of AI technology, there is another angle in this book that has kept me thinking: that is the discussion on "how to make artificial intelligence respect human dignity."
Professor Fei-Fei Li is trying to reimagine AI from the ground up as a human-centric practice. AI should always be about enhancing human capabilities, not competing with them. This has become a core value of Professor Fei-Fei Li’s lab.
The reason why the future of AI is full of huge uncertainty lies in the deep motivation of human beings. That is, why do we develop AI technology? This is a question that can shape our future. What the future will look like depends on who answers it. Professor Fei-Fei Li is confident that she can answer it correctly.
Scientists always have new goals to pursue, and their imaginations are like the sky filled with North Stars. Human-centered AI is Professor Fei-Fei Li's next North Star.
At the dawn of the AI era, what choices do we make, what responsibilities do we bear, and what kind of world can we leave for our children? If the social changes brought about by AI are ultimately painful, how should we bear and fight against them? This is a question that we need to think about together, and a reality that we need to face together. But I believe that as long as we have a North Star in our hearts that corresponds to our own passion, all future paths are possible, and Impossible is Nothing.
“In the real world, there’s one North Star—Polaris, the brightest in the Ursa Minor constellation. But in the mind, such navigational guides are limitless. Each new pursuit—each new obsession—hangs in the dark over its horizon, another gleaming trace of iridescence, beckoning.”