Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $275,344 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to support research led by Neil Thompson on modeling the trends and impacts of AI and computing. The research will consist of projects to learn how algorithmic improvement affects economic growth, gather data on the performance and compute usage of machine learning methods, and estimate cost models for deep learning projects.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — AI Trends and Impacts Research
- Organization:
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Award Date:
- 11/2020
- Amount:
- $275,344
- Purpose:
- To support research on modeling the trends and impacts of AI and computing.