Reed Hastings by Netflix gives $ 50 million to BowDain for the program AI
The Netflix Reed Hastings co-founder wants more researchers and students ask deep questions about artificial intelligence and its potential to overturn human standards.To this end, Hastings gave $ 50 million to Bowdain College, his Alma Mater, to create a research initiative on "Ai and Humanity" - the greatest gift for the liberal arts college in Maine from its foundation in 1794, the school announced on Monday.The purpose of the program, said Hastings and school officials, is to make Bowdain a mecca to study the risks and consequences of the AI, the initiative also aims to help students facing emerging technologies capable of producing human texts and even producing formulas for potential new drug compounds.The idea for the program was born from the discussions in recent months between Ha...