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Karina Vold

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Karina Vold awarded AI2050 Early Career Fellowship from Schmidt Futures

, an assistant professor at the  in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has been awarded an AI2050 Early Career Fellowship from , a philanthropic initiative founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt.

This first cohort of 15 scholars was selected to 鈥渟olve hard problems in artificial intelligence (AI) through interdisciplinary research.鈥

Vold鈥檚 research 鈥 at the intersection of the philosophy of cognitive science and technology, AI and psychology 鈥 will contribute to progress against these difficult problems, which include 鈥渟olving for the technical capabilities of AI, deploying AI responsibly and harnessing AI for the benefit of society.鈥

鈥淲e hope the research progress of this group of exceptional, multidisciplinary scholars inspires new ideas within the global AI community, enables breakthroughs and ensures a future in which we all benefit from this promising technology,鈥 said James Manyika, co-chair of AI2050, in a statement.

Vold is cross-appointed to the  and is a faculty associate at the  and a research lead at the . Before joining the University of Toronto, Vold worked as a post-doctoral research associate at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge.

鈥淚鈥檓 very grateful to receive this support from Schmidt Futures,鈥 Vold said. 鈥淢achine systems using artificial intelligence are increasingly able to outperform humans at specific tasks, such as beating world champions at Go and solving 50-year-old grand challenges in biology. It will be important to consider how humans can use these extraordinary performances to gain access to new insights, thereby aiding our own learning and knowledge discovery.

鈥淢y project will draw on a range of fields including philosophy, psychology, history, education and machine learning research, particularly around explainable and interpretable AI.鈥

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