Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats

About
I am Devi Parikh, and welcome to Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats.
In this series, I interview AI researchers to get to know them better as people.
Our interaction with prominent AI researchers tends to be through the lens of their work. I believe it is valuable to see the human behind the work.
I will not ask them any questions about their work or AI or technology. I also won’t ask them questions about the “stats” of their life like where they went to college.
I will ask questions to try and understand who they are as a person, what their life is like, what they think about, what they are insecure about, what they get excited about. Questions that reveal the story of their day-to-day life.
Starting October 20th, 2020, I will release two interviews every week, for a total of 18 interviews.
These interviews will be available here as videos as well as podcast episodes.
[Re-sliced] Humans of AI: Stories, Not Stats
We have collated answers from all guests to the same question. All thanks to the efforts of Varshini Subhash and Mukul Khanna! Check them out below.
Episode 18: Jia-Bin Huang
Episode 17: Jeff Dean
Episode 16: Rahul Sukthankar
Episode 15: Anima Anandkumar
Episode 14: Derek Hoiem
Episode 13: Timnit Gebru
Episode 12: Ayanna Howard
Episode 11: Aishwarya Agrawal
Episode 10: Bill Freeman
Episode 9: Noah Smith
Episode 8: Joelle Pineau
Episode 7: Hugo Larochelle
Episode 6: Jitendra Malik
Episode 5: Y-Lan Boureau
Episode 4: Antonio Torralba
Episode 3: Vladlen Koltun
Episode 2: Meg Mitchell
Episode 1: Dhruv Batra
Episode 0: Welcome
Collated answers from all guests to the same question
- What were you doing just before this call? video podcast
- What is your daily routine like? video podcast
- What is the favorite part of your day? video podcast
- What is the least favorite part of your day? video podcast
- What one chore do you dislike the most, and why is that? video podcast
- Do you struggle with procrastination? video podcast
- Do you struggle with time management? video podcast
- Do you set an alarm in the morning? video podcast
- What are three adjectives your friends would use to describe you? video podcast
- Are you happy with the number of close friends you have? video podcast
- What is one thing you are worse at than people around you? video podcast
- What is your single biggest strength? video podcast
- What’s is a recurring moral conflict that you struggle with? video podcast
- Is there a specific instance where you distinctly recall feeling privileged? video podcast
- What are you insecure about? video podcast
- Do you feel like an impostor? video podcast
- What is something you are trying out these days, and how is that going? video podcast
- What is a tool or hack that makes your life more convenient, efficient, or fun? video podcast
- What is something surprising about you that the rest of us might not guess? video podcast
- What do you think about most when not intentionally trying to think about something? video podcast
- What is something about the world that surprises you? video podcast
- What is the most recent unexpected thing that happened? video podcast
- What is one way in which you wish your life was different? video podcast
- What are you looking forward to, tomorrow or next week? video podcast
- Do you think you are above, below, or average happy relative to people around you? video podcast
- When was the last time you danced? video podcast
- What was your most recent dream that you remember? video podcast
- Are you more optimistic than people around you, or more pessimistic? video podcast
- Do you think there’s a point to life or our existence? video podcast
- What do you struggle with in life? video podcast
- How do you decide what to work on? video podcast
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What are some traits in your best collaborators? Are you good at spotting them? video podcast
- Oceans or hills? video podcast
- What is something that you love doing that you’re terrible at? video podcast
- What is something you did recently that surprised people who know you well? video podcast
- When was the last time you felt like a kid in a candy store? video podcast
- What do you easily get nostalgic about? video podcast
- What is something you did not like at the time, but you are glad happened? video podcast
- What is something that made you smile today? video podcast
- [New] What is some of the best advice you’ve gotten or given? video podcast
- [New] Why did you agree to do this interview? video podcast
- [New] Is there anything you’d like to talk about, that we haven’t covered? video podcast