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On a new episode of Only in America, @DrFeiFei Li, the "Godmother of AI," speaks with world-renowned historian and Hoover Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin about her journey to the frontiers of spatial intelligence.
3:38 - Fei-Fei Li's high school years in New Jersey
6:58 - Li's journey to studying physics at Princeton
11:09 - Li on finding an "audacious question" in science
16:19 - Kotkin and Li on curiosity and the immigrant experience
22:01 - Li on the moral responsibilities of scientists
28:12 - Li on co-founding @TheWorldLabs
34:58 - World models as the next frontier of AI
37:08 - Kotkin and Li on civic responsibility and mentorship
42:06 - Fei-Fei Li on America and adapting to the AI revolution
Fei-Fei Li, Founding Director of @StanfordHAI, is one of the pioneering researchers in the field of spatial intelligence. A professor of computer science at Stanford University, she invented ImageNet, which is today widely regarded as one of the driving forces behind the development of modern AI and the deep learning revolution.
She speaks with Kotkin about her educational journey and how it shaped her path to computer science and entrepreneurship. Drawing from her experience as co-founder and CEO of World Labs, Li explains how "world models" will extend the promise of generative artificial intelligence to new and consequential domains.
Li and Kotkin also discuss the importance of truth-seeking and civic responsibility; the role of curiosity in science; and how the United States can best prepare to meet the transformative potential of artificial intelligence.
Watch more on Hoover+: plus.hoover.org/plus/researc…
In a new installment of The Grumpy Economist Weekly Rant, Hoover Senior Fellow @JohnHCochrane examines why economic policies with a long history of unintended consequences remain popular among American voters.
From rent control and housing subsidies to government efforts to lower everyday prices, Cochrane argues that policies designed to provide immediate relief often ignore how markets respond.
Watch the full video on Freedom Frequency: thefreedomfrequency.org/p/wh…
California has a reputation as a high-tax, high-spending, heavy-welfare state. A new @YouGov poll by Hoover Senior Fellows Michael J. Boskin and @Doug_Rivers indicates that this is not what Californians really want. The majority believe the state has a spending problem, not a tax problem.
Read about it in Freedom Frequency: thefreedomfrequency.org/p/wh…
Why do some households spend their stimulus checks while others save them?
On @CapAndFreedom, Hoover Visiting Fellow @Jon_Hartley_ and University of Chicago economist @GregWKaplan explore how differences in income, wealth, and access to cash shape the effects of interest rates and fiscal stimulus—and what that means for economic policy.
Watch on Hoover+: hoover.org/plus/research/his…
.@DrFeiFei Li argues that spatial intelligence is AI's next frontier. She tells Hoover Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin why she co-founded @TheWorldLabs and why she believes intelligence is multidimensional—involving reasoning in a complex 3D world.
Watch Only in America on Hoover+: hoover.org/plus/research/fei…
On a new episode of Only in America, @DrFeiFei Li, the "Godmother of AI," speaks with world-renowned historian and Hoover Senior Fellow Stephen Kotkin about her journey to the frontiers of spatial intelligence.
3:38 - Fei-Fei Li's high school years in New Jersey
6:58 - Li's journey to studying physics at Princeton
11:09 - Li on finding an "audacious question" in science
16:19 - Kotkin and Li on curiosity and the immigrant experience
22:01 - Li on the moral responsibilities of scientists
28:12 - Li on co-founding @TheWorldLabs
34:58 - World models as the next frontier of AI
37:08 - Kotkin and Li on civic responsibility and mentorship
42:06 - Fei-Fei Li on America and adapting to the AI revolution
Fei-Fei Li, Founding Director of @StanfordHAI, is one of the pioneering researchers in the field of spatial intelligence. A professor of computer science at Stanford University, she invented ImageNet, which is today widely regarded as one of the driving forces behind the development of modern AI and the deep learning revolution.
She speaks with Kotkin about her educational journey and how it shaped her path to computer science and entrepreneurship. Drawing from her experience as co-founder and CEO of World Labs, Li explains how "world models" will extend the promise of generative artificial intelligence to new and consequential domains.
Li and Kotkin also discuss the importance of truth-seeking and civic responsibility; the role of curiosity in science; and how the United States can best prepare to meet the transformative potential of artificial intelligence.
Watch more on Hoover+: plus.hoover.org/plus/researc…
Americans seem tired of ambitious overseas agendas. Yet voters in both parties still value defending democracy and human rights.
Hoover Senior Fellow Michael @McFaul argues that abandoning democracy promotion would be a serious strategic mistake. Democratic expansion, he writes, reinforces American security and fosters greater American prosperity.
Read his new essay for Hoover's Commons initiative: thefreedomfrequency.org/p/su…
Hoover Senior Fellow @JoshRauh debated UC Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman on the merits of the proposed California Billionaire Wealth Tax Act—whether the wealth tax is a necessary step for economic equity or a recipe for mass capital flight.
Watch via @SquawkCNBC: cnbc.com/video/2026/10/28/go…
Would requiring voter ID make California elections more secure—or simply more trusted?
Hoover Senior Fellow @JustinGrimmer examines Proposition 39, what research says about voter fraud and turnout, and whether stricter identification requirements could restore confidence in elections.
Watch on California Decides: hoover.org/research/proposit…
Learn more about California's Proposition 39: hoover.org/proposition-lab-p…
China's scientific and technological innovation appears to have skyrocketed in the 21st century. Is it real or illusory?
Drawing on millions of patents, Harvard Business School Professor Josh Lerner and Hoover Senior Fellow @AmitSeru find that China's technological rise is real, spans critical industries, and is powered by homegrown talent.
They join Senior Fellow Steven J. Davis on a new episode of Economics, Applied: plus.hoover.org/plus/researc…
The Hoover Institution's Center for Revitalizing American Institutions invites you to a webinar examining the political, institutional, and civic dynamics driving the midterms.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 10:00–11:30 a.m. PT
Speakers: David Brady, Morris Fiorina, @Doug_Rivers, @DaronRShaw, and Lynn @Vavreck, moderated by Brandice Canes-Wrone.
Register here: hoover.org/events/america-vo…
How does America change and endure?
The American story is defined by recurring debates over which traditions should endure and when political, cultural, or technological change is necessary.
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Traditional Medicare's cost-sharing structure has not changed since 1965. Beneficiaries face separate Part A and Part B deductibles, per-day hospital copays, no coinsurance on certain services, and no annual out-of-pocket cap.
A new Hoover brief by Lisa M. Grabert lays out reform templates, compares a decade of budget scores, and analyzes a pending Senate bill that would add a spending cap without the offsetting cost-saving reforms.
Learn more: hoover.org/research/moderniz…
Hoover Senior Fellow @VDHanson says that President Trump is waging a 360-degree counterrevolution aimed not at Congress or the courts, but at the institutions where he believes progressive power actually resides—the media, the corporate boardroom, universities, K-12 schools, sports, and entertainment.
Watch the latest episode of @UncKnowledge with @P_M_Robinson on Hoover+: hoover.org/plus/research/cou…
How did Donald Trump go from political defeat and the aftermath of January 6 to a second term in the White House? Hoover Senior Fellow @VDHanson joins Uncommon Knowledge with @P_M_Robinson to discuss his latest book, The Counter-Revolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement.
Hanson argues that the prosecutions of Trump strengthened his candidacy, evidenced by his gains among Black and Hispanic male voters, and explains why prominent Silicon Valley figures (many former Democrats) rallied behind him. He also delves into Trump's second-term agenda, from immigration enforcement to his confrontation with universities, the media, and other institutions Hanson sees as centers of progressive power.
Watch @UncKnowledge on Hoover+: hoover.org/plus/research/cou…
Stay tuned for Part 2, in which Victor discusses his own health, the war in Iran, and Trump's promise to remake Washington and restore American strength.
Short attention spans and overheated social media make it hard to understand public policy, argues Hoover Senior Fellow Michael J. Boskin. In a new Freedom Frequency essay, he names five forms of manipulation that cloud complex public issues. thefreedomfrequency.org/p/be…
"Indra Nooyi on Leadership and Innovation at PepsiCo" from the Hoover Institution's Only in America series with @CondoleezzaRice has won Gold in the Signal Awards Thought Leadership category.
Revisit the episode here: plus.hoover.org/plus/researc…
The Uncommon Knowledge episode "Basketball in the Last 60 Seconds: Ben Sasse on Mortality, Meaning, and the Future of America" has won Silver in the Signal Awards Best Video Podcast Guest category.
Revisit the episode here: plus.hoover.org/plus/researc…
GoodFellows: Conversations on Economics, History & Geopolitics was named a finalist in the Signal Awards Best Video Podcast Co-host Team category.
Watch the latest episodes here: plus.hoover.org/plus/shows/g…
Over 45 members of Congress have proposed a "wealth tax." Can such a policy work, and will it be confined to billionaires?
Hoover Research Fellow Benjamin Jaros explores these questions and more in a new explainer video from @PragerU: prageru.com/videos/only-bill…
Do you have a right to privacy on public roads? Stanford legal scholar and Hoover Senior Fellow @OrinKerr joins Free Speech Unmuted with Eugene @VolokhC to discuss Flock cameras, the networked license plate readers fueling debate over police surveillance.
They discuss how the Fourth Amendment applies to tracking people's movements, whether police should need a warrant to search camera databases, and how to balance investigative benefits with the potential for abuse. They also consider what we still don't know about these tools' effectiveness in protecting public safety.
Tune in to the full conversation on Hoover+: hoover.org/plus/research/flo…
