The Time 100 AI list for 2023

The Time 100 AI list for 2023 highlights the most influential individuals in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) across various categories such as leaders, innovators, shapers, and thinkers. The list encapsulates a broad spectrum of individuals contributing to the AI landscape, ranging from CEOs of groundbreaking AI companies to advocates for ethical AI practices.

Here’s a breakdown of the key points from the Time 100 AI list and the discussions surrounding it:

1. Individuals Behind AI’s Growth: The list emphasizes the human effort and decision-making that propel AI forward. The individuals featured on this list play pivotal roles in how AI technology is developed, applied, and regulated.
2. Generative AI’s Influence: TIME highlighted the emergence of generative AI (like ChatGPT) as a significant technological breakthrough, with its ability to create text, images, videos, and other types of content, marking it as a notable shift in the tech landscape.
3. AI’s Rapid Growth: The rapid growth of AI technology and its potential risks are underscored, with significant discussions happening at high levels of government and industry. The fast growth of AI products like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and the potential societal-scale risks akin to pandemics and nuclear war were noted.
4. Diverse Range of Influencers: The TIME100 AI list showcases a diverse range of influencers in the AI domain:
   • Leaders: Notable leaders include Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI), Demis Hassabis (CEO and Co-Founder, Google DeepMind), Elon Musk (Founder, xAI), and Marc Andreessen (Entrepreneur and Investor) among others​¹​.
   • Innovators: This category features individuals like Ted Chiang and Manu Chopra, who are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI​¹​.
   • Shapers: People like Alondra Nelson and Audrey Tang are shaping the AI landscape by grappling with ethical and societal questions around AI’s application​¹​.
   • Thinkers: Thinkers such as Geoffrey Hinton and Fei-Fei Li provide intellectual insights that drive the development of AI forward​¹​.
5. Global Concerns and Discussions: The narrative around AI has reached a global stage with discussions about its risks and benefits happening worldwide. Notable signatories like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have voiced concerns and optimism regarding AI’s trajectory.
6. Addressing Social Challenges: Individuals and companies are exploring ways to leverage AI to tackle social challenges. For instance, the CEO of startup Karya, Manu Chopra, is piloting a new model to help the rural poor benefit from the AI boom.
7. Ethical AI Advocacy: Youth-led movements like Encode Justice, led by 18-year-old Sneha Revanur, are organizing for ethical AI, showcasing a generational awareness and action towards responsible AI development and deployment.

• Dario and Daniela Amodei

• Sam Altman

• Demis Hassabis

• Robin Li

• Clément Delangue

• Lila Ibrahim

• Elon Musk

• Raquel Urtasun

• Alex Karp

• Reid Hoffman

• Greg Brockman

• Marc Andreessen

• Sandra Rivera

• Aidan Gomez

• Daniel Gross

• Kai-Fu Lee

• Jaime Teevan

• Andrew Ng

• Kevin Scott

• Jensen Huang

• Clara Shih

• Alexandr Wang

• Mustafa Suleyman

• Marc Raibert

• Ted Chiang

• Charlie Brooker

• Holly Herndon

• Pelonomi Moiloa

• Grimes

• Neal Khosla

• Stephanie Dinkins

• Sougwen Chung

• Cristóbal Valenzuela

• Lilly Wachowski

• Manu Chopra

• Kate Kallot

• Ziad Obermeyer

• Noam Shazeer

• Alison Darcy

• Nathaniel Manning

• Tushita Gupta

• Andrew Hopkins

• Linda Dounia Rebeiz

• Richard Socher

• Keith Dreyer

• Nancy Xu

• Rootport

• Alondra Nelson

• Ian Hogarth

• Audrey Tang

• Meredith Whittaker

• James Manyika

• Jack Clark

• Anna Makanju

• Omar Al Olama

• Kelly McKernan

• Eric Schmidt

• Margrethe Vestager

• Anna Eshoo

• Richard Mathenge

• Sneha Revanur

• Tristan Harris

• Joy Buolamwini

• Eliezer Yudkowsky

• Verity Harding

• Ted Lieu

• Sarah Chander

• Nina Jankowicz

• Romesh and Sunil Wadhwani

• Elham Tabassi

• Dan Hendrycks

• Jess Whittlestone

• John Honovich

• Geoffrey Hinton

• Fei-Fei Li

• Abeba Birhane

• Shane Legg

• Rumman Chowdhury

• Yi Zeng

• Timnit Gebru

• Kate Crawford

• Pushmeet Kohli

• Ilya Sutskever

• Yejin Choi

• Yann LeCun

• Inioluwa Deborah Raji

• Max Tegmark

• Yoshua Bengio

• Emily M. Bender

• Margaret Mitchell

• Paul Scharre

• Jan Leike

• Paul Christiano

• Kalika Bali

• Stuart Russell

• Arvind Narayanan & Sayash Kapoor

• Shakir Mohamed

You can explore the full list and read more about these influential individuals on the official TIME 100 AI 2023 webpage