10 AI pioneers

1. Demis Hassabis: Co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, a British AI company famous for its AI program AlphaGo, which defeated a world champion Go player.
2. Fei-Fei Li: A leading AI researcher known for her work in computer vision and cognitive neuroscience. She is a professor at Stanford University and co-founded AI4ALL, a nonprofit promoting diversity and inclusion in AI.
3. Yann LeCun: Chief AI Scientist at Facebook and a professor at New York University. He is known for his work in machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics, and computational neuroscience. He is one of the pioneers of convolutional neural networks.
4. Andrew Ng: Co-founder of Google Brain, former chief scientist at Baidu, and an adjunct professor at Stanford University. He has significantly contributed to the field of machine learning and is also known for his popular online courses in AI.
5. Geoffrey Hinton: A British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks. He is often referred to as the "godfather of deep learning."
6. Ian Goodfellow: Known for inventing Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), he has made significant contributions to the field of deep learning. He's worked at Google and Apple and is recognized for his work on machine learning security.
7. Jürgen Schmidhuber: A scientist in the fields of neural networks, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning. He is a co-director of the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence Research in Lugano, Switzerland.
8. Daphne Koller: A professor of computer science at Stanford University, she is also one of the founders of Coursera, an online education platform. Her work focuses on probabilistic models and machine learning for biomedical sciences.
9. Sebastian Thrun: A founder of Google X and Google's self-driving car team. He is also the CEO of Kitty Hawk Corporation and an adjunct professor at Stanford University. He has made significant contributions to robotics and AI.
10. Kai-Fu Lee: A computer scientist, businessman, and writer known for his work in AI and venture capital. He is the founder of Sinovation Ventures and was a key figure in establishing Google China.

These individuals are highly influential in the AI field, contributing to both theoretical advancements and practical applications. Their work spans across various aspects of AI including deep learning, machine learning, neural networks, and AI ethics and policy.

Response from ChatGPT 4.0 - March 2024