The Worlds I See Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI by Fei-Fei Li

The moving memoir of a girl coming of age as an immigrant in America
who finds her calling as a scientist at the forefront of the AI/Machine
Learning revolution - A Moment of Lift Imprint book
Wired magazine called Fei-Fei Li, one of a tiny group of scientists - a group
perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table - who are responsible for
AI's recent remarkable advances."
Known to the world as the creator of ImageNet, a key catalyst of modern
artificial intelligence, Fei-Fei has spent more than two decades at the forefront
of the field. But her career in science was improbable from the start, as her
family faced a transition from China's middle class to American poverty,
navigated the hardships of immigrant life, and struggled to care for an ailing
mother at every step.
Her adolescent knack for physics endured, however, sparking a journey that
would lead her to computer science, experimental cognitive science, and,
ultimately, the still-obscure world of AI. It positioned her to make a defining
contribution to the breakthrough we now call the deep learning revolution,
placed her at the center of a global transformation, and brought her face-toface with the extraordinary possibilities - and extraordinary dangers - of the
technology she loves.
The Worlds I See is a story of science in the first person, documenting one of
the century's defining moments from the inside. Emotionally raw and
intellectually uncompromising, it's a testament to the passion required for even
the most technical scholarship, and the curiosity forever at its heart.

Fei-Fei Li is a computer science professor at Stanford University and codirector of Stanford's Institute for Human-centered AI as well as a founder and
chairperson of the board of nonprofit AI4ALL. She is an elected member of the
National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, and
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Flatiron Books
On Sale: Nov 7/23
6.12 x 9.25 • 352 pages
9781250897930 • $39.99 • CL - With dust jacket
Biography / Personal Memoirs