MIT will create a new college with courses combining AI, mechanical learning, data science and other academic disciplines. With funding of 1 billion dollars, it will be the largest financial investment in AI from any US academic institution.
The new college will have 50 new teacher positions and many scholarships for postgraduate students. The college will open in September of 2019, initially starting in other buildings until 2022, where its new buildings will be ready.
Rafael Reif, president of MIT, said that the new approach to student education was necessary because of the way computers and Artificial Intelligence are "reshaping the world". With new data already causing major shifts in political opinions and machine learning beginning to affect everything from employment to criminal sentencing, the new college will encourage students and researchers to think about its potential implications. information technologyand artificial intelligence in the world.
Reif told The New York Times that the new college's goal was to "educate the bilinguals of the future." Designates as bilingual scientists in fields such as biology, chemistry and political science, who will also specialize in modern computing techniques applied to these courses.
Two-thirds of the college line has already been covered. Indicatively, of the required amount of $1 billion, $350 million comes from Stephen A. Schwarzman, CEO and co-founder of Blackstone. companyof private funds.
MIT has made several major AI commitments in recent years. This year, the university announced one program που ονομάζεται Quest for Intelligence και είναι μια πρωτοβουλία που στοχεύει στην πραγματοποίηση ανακαλύψεων στο AI, φέρνοντας σε επαφή νευροεπιστήμες, γνωστικές επιστήμες και ερευνητές computers.
