Quest for Intelligence

3Q: Antonio Torralba on what's next for the Quest for Intelligence

Inaugural director of The Quest discusses what's been accomplished since last spring's launch and what is on the horizon.

September 21, 2018

This morning’s ceremonial signing at the J-Clinic launch event. From left to right: Hassan Jameel, president of Community Jameel Saudi Arabia; L. Rafael Reif, president of MIT; Fady Jameel, president of Community Jameel International.

Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health at MIT aims to revolutionize disease prevention, detection, and treatment

A key part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, J-Clinic builds on MIT expertise across multiple scientific disciplines.

September 17, 2018

The MIT Quest for Intelligence will fund up to 100 students to participate in Quest-themed UROP projects each semester.

MIT undergraduates to embark on The Quest

Up to 100 Quest-funded UROP projects aim to crack the code of human and machine intelligence.

September 7, 2018

The MIT-SenseTime Alliance on Artificial Intelligence, a program within the MIT Quest for Intelligence, has announced funding for 27 projects involving about 50 principal investigators from departments and labs within engineering, science, architecture and planning, management, and the humanities and social sciences.

MIT-SenseTime Alliance funds projects from all five schools

Interdisciplinary work will advance research in human and machine intelligence.

August 24, 2018

MIT announces leadership of its Quest for Intelligence

Faculty from across the Institute tapped to lead new initiative in human and machine intelligence.

June 11, 2018

Melissa Nobles (far right), Kenan Sahin Dean of the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, introduced the panel discussion, "The Consequences: Intelligence and Society," at the launch of the MIT Intelligence Quest on March 1. From left, Gideon Lichfield, editor-in-chief, MIT Technology Review; Rodney Brooks, Panasonic Professor of Robotics, emeritus; Megan Smith, founder and CEO, shi...

MIT Intelligence Quest kicks off

A star-studded lineup helps the Institute celebrate the launch of a new initiative on human and machine intelligence.

March 7, 2018

Alex Amouyel, executive director of Solve

Solve announces next global challenges

March 2, 2018

Eric Schmidt provides support to MIT Intelligence Quest

Gift will help launch new Institute-wide initiative in human and machine intelligence research.

March 1, 2018

SenseTime, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company founded by MIT alumnus Xiao’ou Tang PhD ’96, is joining MIT's efforts to define the next frontier of human and machine intelligence.

MIT and SenseTime announce effort to advance artificial intelligence research

Alliance will be part of new MIT Intelligence Quest.

February 28, 2018

The task force leadership team consists of (right) David Autor, the Ford Professor of Economics and associate head of the MIT Department of Economics; (left) David Mindell, the Frances and David Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, and professor of aeronautics and astronautics; and (center) Elisabeth Reynolds, executive director of the MIT Industrial Performance Center...

MIT launches Task Force on the Work of the Future

Institute-wide effort will study the evolution of jobs in an age of technological advancement.

February 27, 2018

Alumni call on MIT to champion artificial intelligence education

Leadership urged to consider societal and ethical questions alongside the technical.

February 9, 2018

Eric Schmidt (pictured), who until January was the executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, will join MIT as a visiting innovation fellow for one year, starting in Spring.

Eric Schmidt to join MIT as visiting innovation fellow

Former Google leader offers insights of a storied career to MIT’s entrepreneurial community

February 5, 2018

Letter regarding the MIT Intelligence Quest

February 1, 2018

At a time of rapid advances in intelligence research across many disciplines, the MIT Intelligence Quest will encourage researchers to investigate the societal implications of their work as they pursue hard problems lying beyond the current horizon of what is known.

Institute launches the MIT Intelligence Quest

New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research.