MIT’s billion-dollar AI school isn’t just for coders
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is adding a new college of artificial intelligence, but it’s not just meant for those with a coding background.
The new college will focus on interdisciplinary AI education, training those studying biology, chemistry, history, and linguistics in the ability to use artificial intelligence in their own field, MIT president Leo Rafael Reif told The New York Times today (Oct. 15).
AI ethics will also be a part of the curriculum. When fund-raising is complete, the college fund will total $1 billion for new faculty and its own space on campus.
So far two-thirds of the investment have been secured, half from private-equity firm Blackstone’s CEO Stephen Schwarzman.
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