BREAKING NEWS FROM THE STREAMING SECTOR
NEWMIT FACILITY TAKES ON AI
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has committed to building a $1 billion computer science research facility with artificial intelligence development at its core. The project has been kicked off by a $350 million foundational gift from Stephen A. Schwarzman, chairman, CEO and co-founder of global investment firm, Blackstone. The new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing will be a hub for work in computer science, AI, data science and other related fields. According to the announcement on the MIT website, the new college will aim to “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”.
The facility will create 50 faculty positions located both within the college and jointly with other departments across MIT. The college will seek to “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”. The interdisciplinary use of AI and its
wider implications for human wellbeing, as well as ethical considerations, were especially underlined in the announcement. Some of the initiatives proposed include developing a new curriculum that will connect computer science and AI with other disciplines, hosting forums to engage national leaders from business, government, academia and journalism to examine the anticipated outcomes of advances in AI and machine learning, and to shape policies around the ethics of AI, as well as offering undergraduate research opportunities and fellowships in ethics and AI. The Schwarzman College of Computing is scheduled to open in September 2019 with a new building to be completed by 2022.
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