10 TED talks that teach you more about AI than a college degree
thisdudelikesAI · x · 2026-09-29
A curated, ordered list of 10 AI-focused TED talks. Includes Fei-Fei Li on teaching computers to see (she built ImageNet, the dataset that launched deep learning); Nick Bostrom's 2015 superintelligence warnings, most of which now feel prophetic; Stuart Russell's three principles for safer AI and why "just turn it off" fails; Joy Buolamwizi on algorithmic bias—face detection couldn't see her until she wore a white mask; and Kai-Fu Lee on which jobs AI takes and what remains for humans.
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