Who are some of the top AI experts?
Asked "Who are some of the top AI experts?", ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode and Perplexity named 32 distinct people across 15 answers on September 8, 2026, and 22 of them in two or more answers, and all 5 engines agreed on Demis Hassabis, the only person every engine named.
22 of 32 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 15 answers · asked September 8, 2026 · 5 engines
Some of the top AI experts include Geoffrey Hinton, Yann LeCun, Yoshua Bengio, Fei-Fei Li, and Demis Hassabis, who have made significant contributions to deep learning, computer vision, and AI safety. They have pioneered techniques such as backpropagation, convolutional neural networks, and recurrent neural networks, and have led the development of groundbreaking systems like AlphaGo and AlphaFold. These experts have also been recognized for their work in AI ethics and safety, and have received numerous awards, including the Turing Award and the Nobel Prize.
- 1Demis Hassabisnamed in 14 of 15 answers
- 2Fei-Fei Linamed in 13 of 15 answers
- 3Geoffrey Hintonnamed in 12 of 15 answers
- 4Yoshua Bengionamed in 12 of 15 answers
- 5Yann LeCunnamed in 12 of 15 answers
- 6Dario Amodeinamed in 10 of 15 answers
- 7Andrew Ngnamed in 10 of 15 answers
- 8Stuart Russellnamed in 10 of 15 answers
- 9Jensen Huangnamed in 8 of 15 answers
- 10Sam Altmannamed in 7 of 15 answers
- 11Ilya Sutskevernamed in 7 of 15 answers
- 12Andrej Karpathynamed in 7 of 15 answers
- 13Satya Nadellanamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 14Cassie Kozyrkovnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 15Thomas Wolfnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 16Richard Suttonnamed in 3 of 15 answers
- 17John Hopfieldnamed in 2 of 15 answers
- 18Alexandr Wangnamed in 2 of 15 answers
- 19Nat Friedmannamed in 2 of 15 answers
- 20David Silvernamed in 2 of 15 answers
- 21Soumith Chintalanamed in 2 of 15 answers
- 22Daphne Kollernamed in 2 of 15 answers
- 23Jakub Pachockinamed in 1 of 15 answersone answer
- 24Gary Marcusnamed in 1 of 15 answersone answer
- 25Ian Goodfellownamed in 1 of 15 answersone answer
The full measurement
- The position each of the 5 engines gave all 32 names.
- How many of the 15 answers named each of them.
- 77 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.