AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li sees a path for you in her field

Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li is a pioneer in artificial intelligence. Her research helped lead to breakthroughs like allowing computers to recognize images. Now, AI has spread to every economic sector. This episode, hear Fei-Fei's thoughts on how humans can play a compassionate role in shaping AI's future. Plus, Caroline Fairchild brings reporting on some surprising jobs in this emerging industry. JESSI HEMPEL: From the editorial team at LinkedIn, I'm Jessi Hempel, and this is Hello Monday, a show where I investigate the changing nature of work, and how that work is changing us. Last year, I got to test-drive a self-driving car, which of course means I got to sit behind the wheel and not drive. In this one test, a human-size dummy walked out onto the track, imitating a pedestrian, jaywalking. SELF-DRIVING CAR TAPE: So here it comes...so we pass this trigger…do we see him? The car saw the pedestrian and slowed down to let him pass. This is just one of the many, many things that have become possible now that computers can recognize images. That's why this week, I wanted to talk to Fei-Fei Li.