Top 10 Famous Figures in AI — From Founders to Virtual Stars

In the world of artificial intelligence, there are not only researchers and engineers but also virtual celebrities created by the algorithms themselves. We’ve gathered the top 10 most famous names — from pioneers of computer science to AI influencers with millions of followers.

 

Table of Contents

1. Historical Figures in AI
2. Modern Leaders and Visionaries
3. Virtual AI-Created Personalities
4. Table: Who Created What
5. Conclusion

 

Historical Figures in AI

🧠 Alan Turing

The father of computer science and the concept of the “Turing machine.” His famous Turing Test for determining machine intelligence is still debated in AI circles today.

💬 “A computer would deserve to be called intelligent if it could deceive a human into believing that it is human.”

 

📚 Marvin Minsky

Co-founder of the MIT AI Lab and one of the first researchers to explore neural networks.

💬 “We still don’t understand how the mind works — and that makes building AI even more fascinating.”

 

Modern Leaders and Visionaries

🚀 Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI)

Leads the development of GPT-4, GPT-5, DALL·E, and other groundbreaking AI systems.

 

🤖 Demis Hassabis (CEO, DeepMind)

Creator of AlphaGo, AlphaFold, and AlphaGenome — systems that changed science and gaming.

 

🎓 Andrew Ng

Founder of Deeplearning.ai and Coursera, educator who trained millions in AI.

 

🧪 Fei-Fei Li

Creator of ImageNet, Stanford professor, and leading computer vision researcher.

 

🧬 Dario Amodei (CEO, Anthropic)

Develops Claude — one of GPT’s strongest competitors.

 

Virtual AI-Created Personalities

💃 Lil Miquela

A virtual model, singer, and influencer with millions of Instagram followers.

 

🎤 Luo Tianyi

A Chinese Vocaloid singer who performs live concerts as a hologram.

 

👗 Shudu Gram

The world’s first digital supermodel, featured in campaigns of top fashion brands.

 

🌸 Ai Angel

An AI blogger whose photos, videos, and posts are fully AI-generated.

 

🎶 Xiaobing

A virtual Chinese singer and poet whose songs and verses are created in real time by AI.

 

Table: Who Created What

Name / Character	Human or AI	Key Achievements / Projects	First Became Known
Alan Turing	Human	Turing Machine, Turing Test	1950
Marvin Minsky	Human	MIT AI Lab, AI research	1960s
Sam Altman	Human	OpenAI, GPT-4, GPT-5	2020s
Demis Hassabis	Human	AlphaGo, AlphaFold, AlphaGenome	2010s
Andrew Ng	Human	Deeplearning.ai, Coursera	2010s
Fei-Fei Li	Human	ImageNet, Stanford AI Lab	2010s
Dario Amodei	Human	Claude (Anthropic)	2020s
Lil Miquela	AI	Virtual model and singer	2016
Luo Tianyi	AI	Virtual Vocaloid singer	2012
Shudu Gram	AI	Digital supermodel	2017

 

Conclusion

AI is reshaping not only technology but also the very idea of “fame.” Today, scientists, innovators, and digital personas that never physically existed can share the same stage. And perhaps, in the coming years, virtual celebrities will attract even more fans than real ones.

 

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