MIT Commits $1 Billion To Study Artificial Intelligence And Its Ethical Applications

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MIT on Monday announced a new $1 billion commitment to address the global opportunities and challenges presented by the prevalence of computing and the rise of artificial intelligence. According to a statement by the noted college, this is the single largest investment in computing and AI by an American academic institution.

Headquartered in a signature new building on MIT’s campus, the new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing will be an interdisciplinary hub for work in computer science, AI, data science, and related fields.

The college will focus on the following points:

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  • Reorient MIT to bring the power of computing and AI to all fields of study at MIT, allowing the future of computing and AI to be shaped by insights from all other disciplines;
  • Create 50 new faculty positions that will be located both within the College and jointly with other departments across MIT — nearly doubling MIT’s academic capability in computing and AI;
  • Give MIT’s five schools a shared structure for collaborative education, research, and innovation in computing and AI;
  • Educate students in every discipline to responsibly use and develop AI and computing technologies to help make a better world; and
  • Transform education and research in public policy and ethical considerations relevant to computing and AI.

“As computing reshapes our world, MIT intends to help make sure it does so for the good of all,” said MIT President L Rafael Reif. “In keeping with the scope of this challenge, we are reshaping MIT. The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing will constitute both a global center for computing research and education, and an intellectual foundry for powerful new AI tools. Just as important, the College will equip students and researchers in any discipline to use computing and AI to advance their disciplines and vice-versa, as well as to think critically about the human impact of their work. With uncommon insight and generosity, Stephen Schwarzman, the chairman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone, is enabling a bold agenda that will lead to a better world. I am deeply grateful for his commitment to our shared vision.”

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