Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
MottoExploring the impact of artificial Intelligence
Parent institutionUniversity of Cambridge
Founder(s)Leverhulme Trust
Established2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Mission"Ensure that we humans make the best of the opportunities of artificial intelligence as it develops over coming decades"
FocusArtificial intelligence
DirectorStephen Cave
Key peopleHuw Price
Stuart J. Russell
Nick Bostrom
Endowment£10 million
Location
Cambridge
,
England, UK
Websitelcfi.ac.uk

The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI) is an interdisciplinary research centre within the University of Cambridge that studies artificial intelligence.[1][2] It is funded by the Leverhulme Trust.[3]

The Centre brings together academics from the fields of computer science, philosophy, social science and others. The centre works with the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford, Imperial College London, and the University of California, Berkeley[1] and has a memorandum of understanding with the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University.[4]

Programmes

The CFI research is structured in a series of programmes and research exercises. The topics of the programmes range from algorithmic transparency to exploring the implications of AI for democracy.[5]

In July 2019, Leverhulme released the Animal-AI Olympics competition, featuring tests ordinarily used to test animal intelligence.[6][7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "The future of intelligence: Cambridge University launches new centre to study AI and the future of humanity". University of Cambridge. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ^ Care, Adam. "Cambridge University launches £10 million AI research centre, to 'move away from science fiction'". Cambridge News. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  3. ^ "About". lcfi.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Bell School signs MoU with Cambridge University AI centre". Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU. 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Programmes". lcfi.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. ^ Whipple, Tom (10 April 2019). "Forget chess, build a robot that can outwit a chicken". The Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  7. ^ "AIs go up against animals in an epic competition to test intelligence". New Scientist. 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  8. ^ Crosby, Matthew. "Animal-AI Olympics". animalaiolympics.com.

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