“Fei-Fei Li, associate professor of computer science and director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab (SAIL), will direct the new SAIL-Toyota Center for AI Research.
Early on, the new effort will focus on AI-assisted driving. Researchers will work on teaching computers to see and make critical decisions about how to interact with the world.
“AI-assisted driving is a perfect platform for advancing fundamental human-centric artificial-intelligence research while also producing practical applications,” Li stated in a Stanford press release. “Autonomous driving provides a scenario where AI can deliver smart tools for assistance in decision-making and planning to human drivers.”
Li said that Stanford will address four main challenges in making a computer think like a person: perception, learning, reasoning and interaction.”
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Toyota is also working with MIT on the project: news.mit.edu.