Maine Liberal Arts College Gets $30M to Create AI Institute
Colby College in Waterville, Maine, received a $30 million alumnus gift to establish the cross-disciplinary Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, said the school Friday. “Addressing the complex questions surrounding AI requires a holistic analysis and response that can only come…
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from a broad liberal arts perspective,” said benefactor Andrew Davis, president of investment firm Davis Selected Advisors. The institute is slated to open this fall. Colby students will become programmers and designers who will “shape the capacity and influence of AI and influence policy decisions regarding the social and ethical implications of AI and its uses for the common good,” said the college.