Kempner Institute's AI Mission: Harvard's Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Intelligence
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Renate Hellmiss
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The article discusses the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard, founded with a $500 million gift from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. The Institute brings together researchers from neuroscience, computer science, cognitive science, psychology, and medicine to study intelligence in both biological and artificial systems. MCB Professor Venkatesh Murthy is featured discussing the Institute's growth and impact, including its early decision to build its own AI computing cluster rather than relying on cloud providers.
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The Institute, founded at Harvard with a $500 million gift from Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, made an early bet on building its own AI computing cluster rather than relying on cloud providers.
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