Godmother of AI: In 10 Years There Will Be Only 2 Kinds of Workers | Fei-Fei Li

📌 How the Internet of Cognition can transform outcomes in 5 real-world use cases: - Read Scaling Out Superintelligence https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/whitepaper?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-wp_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast - Try Internet of Cognition Interactive Demo https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/explore?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-explore_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast - And visit https://outshift.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-outshift_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast to Learn More Dr. Fei-Fei Li built ImageNet, the dataset that set off the deep learning revolution. Now she runs World Labs, where she just raised $1 billion to teach AI something it still can't do: understand physical space. She sat down with me and David Rogier, CEO of Masterclass, who codes his own work tools now instead of buying software (his to-do app auto-deletes anything that sits on the list longer than a day and a half). We get into what AI can already do and what it still can't, why the two loudest takes on AI — that it'll save the world, and that it'll take all the jobs — are both wrong, and what your kids' schooling and your own career actually look like in 10 years. Plus the one thing Fei-Fei and David both say matters more than which tools you use.Feeling behind on AI and don't know where to start? Start here. *Timestamps:* 00:00 — Intro 04:47 — David's CEO playbook 08:57 — If the cost of intelligence goes to zero, what happens to your career? 12:38 — Mass layoff headlines vs. reality: what's actually driving AI fear 16:23 — What AI can and can't do right now 21:23 — What does a company look like in 10 years? 25:25 — The barbell effect: specialist vs. high-agency generalist 28:39 — The tools that actually changed how Fei-Fei Li works 31:11 — What is spatial intelligence 39:10 — How to build agency in yourself 45:52 — The easiest way to start with AI if you feel completely lost *Links:* 📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Fei-Fei 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co #ai #podcast #siliconvalleygirl

Marina MogilkohostDr. Fei-Fei LiguestDavid Rogierguest

Jun 19, 202649mWatch on YouTube ↗

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Released: June 19, 2026
Duration: 49m
Channel: Silicon Valley Girl
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

📌 How the Internet of Cognition can transform outcomes in 5 real-world use cases:
Read Scaling Out Superintelligence https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/whitepaper?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-wp_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
Try Internet of Cognition Interactive Demo https://outshift.cisco.com/internet-of-cognition/explore?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-explore_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast
• And visit https://outshift.cisco.com/?utm_campaign=fy26q4_ioc_ww_paid-media_ioc-svg-outshift_podcast&utm_channel=podcast&utm_source=podcast to Learn More Dr. Fei-Fei Li built ImageNet, the dataset that set off the deep learning revolution. Now she runs World Labs, where she just raised $1 billion to teach AI something it still can't do: understand physical space. She sat down with me and David Rogier, CEO of Masterclass, who codes his own work tools now instead of buying software (his to-do app auto-deletes anything that sits on the list longer than a day and a half). We get into what AI can already do and what it still can't, why the two loudest takes on AI — that it'll save the world, and that it'll take all the jobs — are both wrong, and what your kids' schooling and your own career actually look like in 10 years. Plus the one thing Fei-Fei and David both say matters more than which tools you use.Feeling behind on AI and don't know where to start? Start here. *Timestamps:* 00:00 — Intro 04:47 — David's CEO playbook 08:57 — If the cost of intelligence goes to zero, what happens to your career? 12:38 — Mass layoff headlines vs. reality: what's actually driving AI fear 16:23 — What AI can and can't do right now 21:23 — What does a company look like in 10 years? 25:25 — The barbell effect: specialist vs. high-agency generalist 28:39 — The tools that actually changed how Fei-Fei Li works 31:11 — What is spatial intelligence 39:10 — How to build agency in yourself 45:52 — The easiest way to start with AI if you feel completely lost *Links:* 📩 Follow my Future-Proof Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Fei-Fei 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co #ai #podcast #siliconvalleygirl

SPEAKERS

Marina Mogilko
host
Entrepreneur and content creator, host of the YouTube channel Silicon Valley Girl.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li
guest
Computer scientist and leading AI researcher focused on human-centered and spatial intelligence; founder of World Labs.
David Rogier
guest
CEO and co-founder of MasterClass.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Marina Mogilko and Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Godmother of AI: In 10 Years There Will Be Only 2 Kinds of Workers | Fei-Fei Li explores aI reshapes work: agency, specialists, generalists, and spatial intelligence shift They argue AI discourse is dangerously polarized (utopia vs. doom) and the missing conversation is the nuanced middle: AI as a powerful tool requiring human-centered design and vigilance.

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