From: aidotengineer
In a survey of 100 AI Engineers, participants were asked to name the most influential AI researchers [00:05:27]. The survey results revealed several key figures considered highly influential within the AI community.
Notable Researchers Mentioned
Several researchers were named by the AI Engineers, with some appearing on the official survey board and others being incorrect guesses.
On the Survey Board
- Geoffrey Hinton Often referred to as the “Godfather of AI,” Geoffrey Hinton was a highly ranked response among the surveyed engineers [00:06:21].
- Yann LeCun Yann LeCun was also identified as a top influential AI researcher [00:07:22].
- Andrew Ng Andrew Ng was listed as one of the influential researchers on the board [00:09:09].
- Fei-Fei Li Fei-Fei Li was recognized as an influential researcher [00:09:13].
- Yoshua Bengio Yoshua Bengio, another prominent figure, was also included among the influential researchers [00:09:19].
Guesses Not on the Board
- Ilya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever was guessed as an influential researcher [00:05:39], but his name did not appear in the top results of the survey [00:05:47].
- Noam Shazeer Noam Shazeer was another guess for an influential AI researcher [00:05:44], but was not among the top eight answers [00:05:47].
- Andrej Karpathy Andrej Karpathy was also a guess for an influential researcher [00:06:15].
- Sam Altman Sam Altman was suggested as an influential AI researcher [00:07:53], but was not on the survey board [00:07:56].
- Jeff Dean Jeff Dean was put forward as a possible influential researcher [00:08:44], but was not on the survey board [00:08:48].
The survey highlighted the community’s perception of key figures shaping the field of AI [00:09:21].