This is the first time I hear of a group receiving founding to navigate AI era. Why this one and not all the others that have to adapt to the AI era?
(Yes I know it's not the group directly receiving the founding)
(Yes I know it's not the group directly receiving the founding)
He was also a major backer of autism research, because his family member had it. People spend money to where their passion is.
It's completely selfish and won't help anyone except those at the top.
Mathematicians are not dummies?
In a sense, yes. There is no Simons Foundation for laid-off programmers. Taxi drivers and truckers, meanwhile, are really just trying to block change.
> wouldn't that make them the group that needs support the least?
I don't know. From a practical perspective, I am more confident the world will need mathematicians in 50 years than that it will need coders.