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Using AI to Increase Your Intelligence & Enrich Humanity | Dr. Fei-Fei Li
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Younger Generation & AI, Teachers
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Huberman asks the final question: how do kids between 7 and 20 feel about AI? Fei-Fei Li answers through her most passionate theme: teachers and parents are the forgotten population, and the kids' trajectory depends entirely on whether those adults are supported. She recounts that when ChatGPT launched in November 2022, her very first act was to email her child's elementary school principal and offer a guest lecture for teachers and students [1] — Fei-Fei Li "When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, Fei-Fei Li's first move was to email her child's elementary school principal and offer to lecture t…" 2:03:00 . No Silicon Valley investor, no trillion-dollar company did anything equivalent. She is unambiguously optimistic about children — they are curious by nature, adaptive, and will embrace powerful tools if given proper guidance. Her concern is squarely with the adults: teachers are scared, receiving only doomsayer or utopian messages that help them not at all, and are being lectured at rather than empowered. If teachers are not helped, students are not helped. The episode closes with Huberman thanking her warmly, noting this conversation has deepened his own optimism, and Fei-Fei Li's parting words: 'It's a civilizational moment.'
When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, Fei-Fei Li's first move was to email her child's elementary school principal and offer to lecture teachers and students. No investor or tech company did that. Teachers are scared, forgotten, and lectured at — and if they're not helped, neither are the kids.
