Here we feature prominent researchers, leaders, and innovators in the field of artificial intelligence. We also have a special section for Women in AI.
Judy Hoffman
A leading voice in equitable AI, Judy Hoffman focuses on fairness, accountability, and the real world impact of modern machine learning systems.
Dario Amodei
Dario Amodei is the co founder and CEO of Anthropic, leading research on AI systems that aim to be both powerful and aligned with human values.
Jessica Livingston
A cofounder of Y Combinator, Jessica Livingston has shaped the startup ecosystem and helped support early founders behind some of today’s leading AI companies, influencing how breakthrough ideas in the field take root.
Reid Hoffman
Reid Hoffman is an entrepreneur and investor whose work spans LinkedIn, Greylock, and a deep focus on shaping the future of artificial intelligence.
David Deutsch
A leading physicist whose work on quantum computation reshaped modern thinking, exploring the nature of knowledge, reality, and the future of intelligent systems.
Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun is a key architect of deep learning, whose work on neural networks has driven major advances in modern artificial intelligence.
Alec Radford
Alec Radford is known for influential work on generative models, helping push AI from early neural nets to powerful systems that create text, images, and ideas.
Jürgen Schmidhuber
A pioneer of modern deep learning, Jürgen Schmidhuber’s work shaped LSTMs and influenced many of today’s major advances in AI.
Michael Timothy Bennett
Michael Timothy Bennett examines AI, human identity, and emerging intelligence, offering clear insight into our rapidly changing technological future.
Tim Scarfe
Tim Scarfe is known for sharp, thoughtful discussions on AI, bridging research and real world impact while making complex ideas feel clear and engaging.
Douglas Hofstadter
Douglas Hofstadter studies how intelligence arises from analogy, recursion, and the strange loops that shape human thought, influencing how we understand minds and machines.
Roman Yampolskiy
A leading voice on AI safety, known for examining superintelligence risks and urging stronger safeguards around rapidly advancing technologies.
Eliezer Yudkowsky
Eliezer Yudkowsky is a leading voice in AI safety, known for his clear writing, rational thinking, and influential work on alignment and long term AI risk.
Igor Babuschkin
A leading engineer behind xAI’s early breakthroughs, known for shaping reliable large language models and advancing the frontier of open AI research.
Blaise Agüera
A leading voice in AI research, exploring ethics, creativity, and the future of intelligence with a focus on transparency and responsible systems.
Connor Leahy
A leading voice in open AI research, Connor Leahy is known for challenging assumptions, pushing for transparency, and shaping the debate on alignment and the future of powerful models.
Aravind Srinivas
A rising voice in modern AI, focused on building transparent, accurate, human centered systems that push the field forward while staying grounded in real world needs.
Mira Murati
Mira Murati has been a central figure in advancing modern AI, guiding OpenAI through rapid growth with a focus on safety, innovation, and real world impact.
Jensen Huang
Jensen Huang transformed NVIDIA into the engine of the AI revolution, driving breakthroughs that power today’s top models.
We welcome suggestions to prioritize additions to this collection of great people.
Featured Legends of AI
We use the following prompt to create the basic outline for the profiles listed here (we use ChatGPT Atlas, supplemented with Perplexity information in recent news): Write a post about this person with an introduction paragraph, followed by details about this person, followed by a bullet list of key achievements. Do not include links in the copy. Insert a 1-sentence TL;DR at the beginning.
This is the current Sora prompt we use to create the profile images: Create a well-lit, well-composed color portrait photo of this person wearing a dark blue suit with a black cinema curtain background.
And this one for group shots: Create a well-lit, well-composed color group portrait photo of these people wearing dark blue clothes against a black cinema curtain background.
We also use NotebookLM for experimental infographics with the following prompt: Use #111111 as the background color, white as the main color, and #4d87ff as the accent color.