Stanford University has invited leading thinkers from several institutions to begin a 100-year effort to study and anticipate how the effects of artificial intelligence will ripple through every aspect of how people work, live and play.

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“Artificial intelligence is one of the most profound undertakings in science, and one that will affect every aspect of human life,” said Stanford President John Hennessy, who helped initiate the project. “Given Stanford’s pioneering role in AI and our interdisciplinary mindset, we feel obliged and qualified to host a conversation about how artificial intelligence will affect our children and our children’s children.”

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“I’m very optimistic about the future and see great value ahead for humanity with advances in systems that can perceive, learn and reason,” said Horvitz, a distinguished scientist and managing director at Microsoft Research, who initiated AI100 as a private philanthropic initiative. “However, it is difficult to anticipate all of the opportunities and issues, so we need to create an enduring process.”

Ref: Stanford to host 100-year study on artificial intelligence – Stanford News