The new Institute at Massachusetts-Boston will focus on social, ethical and diversity challenges and opportunities related to artificial intelligence.
The university introduced Wednesday the Paul English Laboratory for Applied Artificial Intelligence, which was conceived and funded by technology entrepreneur and Massachusetts-Boston alum Paul English and is “a campus-wide It will be incorporated into academic research.”
Massachusetts-Boston Chancellor Joseph Berger said the institute will “encourage all Massachusetts-Boston students to ethically use evolving AI-powered tools to improve processes and outcomes in their chosen fields.” By enabling students to graduate with fluency and competitiveness, we will further the democratization of artificial intelligence.” Specialized field. ”
Artificial intelligence’s potential for promising advances and potentially dangerous consequences has received more attention this year, with the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday investigating the situation and seeking insider input. A public meeting was held to hear.
According to Yahoo Finance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in his opening remarks, “We believe government regulatory intervention will be critical to de-risking increasingly powerful models. ‘ said.
Boston University said it wanted to give its graduates “the tools to shape an increasingly AI-powered world of work.”
In a WBUR radio interview on Tuesday, Gov. Maura Healy said Massachusetts has “amazing potential when it comes to AI,” but it’s changing budget and tax policies to make the Gulf state more attractive. He warned that it was pushing for change and that other states were competing in that area. To residents and companies.
English contributed $5 million to the establishment of the institute and associated scholarship funds, according to Boston University. The institute will be established during the 2023-2024 academic year using British funding and a $2 million match from the Massachusetts Foundation.
“We are at the dawn of a new era. Like the agricultural revolution, the development of the steam engine, the invention of computers and the introduction of smartphones, the birth of artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing the way we live and work. said Marcelo Suarez-Orozco, president of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. “Like any transformative technology, AI raises social, ethical and diversity issues, and Boston University is ideally positioned to explore them.”
