Students wear decorated graduation caps during The Fashion Institute of Technology's 2017 Commencement Ceremony at Arthur Ashe Stadium on May 25, 2017 in New York City.
AI CEO said creative thinkers with humanities backgrounds can help "connect the dots" for AI tech.
  • Barthélémy Kiss, 36, is a politics graduate running his second AI company Powder. 
  • He said creative thinkers from humanities backgrounds are necessary to push AI forward.
  • Kiss has hired career switchers and liberal arts grads to work on his most recent AI project. 

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Barthélémy Kiss, a 36-year-old AI entrepreneur in Paris. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.