Andrew Ng is an AI researcher, entrepreneur and educator who co-founded Google Brain and Coursera and founded DeepLearning.AI. He is also an adjunct professor of computer science at Stanford.
Research and education
Ng has worked across machine learning, robotics, computer vision and language processing. His online courses helped expand access to AI education around the world.
Building applications
His public work emphasizes practical AI deployment and developer education. He supports broad access to knowledge and tools when they can be used responsibly.
Controversies and public debate
Ng disagrees with researchers who place human-extinction risk at the center of AI policy. He argues that some licensing and reporting proposals could protect large incumbents and weaken competition and open models. Critics respond that this position may underweight uncertain but severe future risks. The dispute is scientific and political, and neither side’s forecast is established fact.