{"id":24526,"date":"2025-03-24T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24526"},"modified":"2025-03-24T10:27:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:27:05","slug":"netflixs-reed-hastings-gives-50-million-to-bowdoin-for-a-i-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=24526","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s Reed Hastings Gives $50 Million to Bowdoin for A.I. Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

The Netflix co-founder said he wanted his alma mater to become a leader in studying the consequences, and guiding beneficial uses, of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

The Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings wants more researchers and students to ask deep questions about artificial intelligence and its potential to upend human norms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To that end, Mr. Hastings has donated $50 million to Bowdoin College, his alma mater, to create a research initiative on \u201cA.I. and Humanity\u201d \u2014 the largest gift to the liberal arts college in Maine since its founding in 1794, the school announced on Monday.<\/p>\n

The aim of the program, Mr. Hastings and school officials said, is to make Bowdoin a mecca for studying the risks and consequences of A.I.<\/a> The initiative also aims to help prepare students to grapple with emerging technologies that can manufacture humanlike texts<\/a> and even produce formulas for potential new drug compounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The idea for the program grew out of discussions over the last few months between Mr. Hastings and Bowdoin\u2019s president, Safa R. Zaki<\/a>, a cognitive scientist, they said. Bowdoin<\/a> plans to use part of the money to hire 10 faculty members and to support professors \u201cwho want to incorporate and interrogate A.I.\u201d in their teaching and research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n
\n
\n

In an interview, Mr. Hastings<\/a> said it was urgent for more researchers to tackle such questions because of the speed of A.I. advances and the significant disruptions the systems could bring to human endeavors like work<\/a> and relationships.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be fighting for the survival of humanity and the flourishing of humanity,\u201d Mr. Hastings said. He compared A.I. to social networks, noting that social networking had grown so fast that few people initially understood the changes it might bring to human interactions and behavior.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n

We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n

Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into<\/a>\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe<\/a>\u00a0for all of The Times.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

Thank you for your patience while we verify access.<\/p>\n

Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Netflix co-founder said he wanted his alma mater to become a leader in studying the consequences, and guiding beneficial uses, of artificial intelligence.The Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings wants more researchers and students to ask deep questions about artificial intelligence and its potential to upend human norms.To that end, Mr. Hastings has donated $50 million to Bowdoin College, his alma mater, to create a research initiative on \u201cA.I. and Humanity\u201d \u2014 the largest gift to the liberal arts college in Maine since its founding in 1794, the school announced on Monday.The aim of the program, Mr. Hastings and school officials said, is to make Bowdoin a mecca for studying the risks and consequences of A.I. The initiative also aims to help prepare students to grapple with emerging technologies that can manufacture humanlike texts and even produce formulas for potential new drug compounds.The idea for the program grew out of discussions over the last few months between Mr. Hastings and Bowdoin\u2019s president, Safa R. Zaki, a cognitive scientist, they said. Bowdoin plans to use part of the money to hire 10 faculty members and to support professors \u201cwho want to incorporate and interrogate A.I.\u201d in their teaching and research.In an interview, Mr. Hastings said it was urgent for more researchers to tackle such questions because of the speed of A.I. advances and the significant disruptions the systems could bring to human endeavors like work and relationships.\u201cWe\u2019re going to be fighting for the survival of humanity and the flourishing of humanity,\u201d Mr. Hastings said. He compared A.I. to social networks, noting that social networking had grown so fast that few people initially understood the changes it might bring to human interactions and behavior.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24528,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24526"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24529,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24526\/revisions\/24529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}