Dr. Olga Russakovsky: Shaping the Next Generation of AI Leaders

Dr. Olga Russakovsky, Computer Science at Princeton University, joins Lightspeed Partner Michael Mignano to discuss what the next generation of AI talent is learning and where she expects to find the next big innovation in artificial intelligence. 

From her research in computer vision and human-computer interaction to her work in fairness, accountability, and transparency in AI, Dr. Russakovsky has earned many awards, including the MIT Technology Review’s 35-under-35 Innovator award and the Foreign Policy Magazine’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers award. Dr. Russakovsky is also the co-founder and Board Chair of AI4ALL, a nonprofit that aims to increase the diversity of thought in Artificial Intelligence. 

Episode Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Guest Overview

01:17 Olga's Career Journey

02:30 Understanding Computer Vision

04:43 Generative AI and Computer Vision

06:36 Interdisciplinary AI Research

15:00 AI4All: Diversity of Thought 

17:44 Challenges and Bias in AI

30:01 Future of AI and Data

40:08 ImageNET

43:38 Closing Thoughts

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