AAAI Squirrel AI Award
The AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity is an annual prize of US $1 million given by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence to recognize the positive impacts of AI to meaningfully improve, protect, and enhance human life. The award is presented annually at the AAAI conference in February.[1]
| AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Recognizing positive impacts of artificial intelligence to protect, enhance, and improve human life[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and Squirrel AI |
| Reward(s) | US $1,000,000[1] |
| First awarded | February 2021 |
| Last awarded | February 2021 |
| Website | aaai |
The first recipient, in 2021, was Regina Barzilay of MIT for her work developing machine learning models to address drug synthesis and early-stage breast cancer diagnosis.[2]
Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Photo | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Regina Barzilay | For her work developing machine learning models to address drug synthesis and early-stage breast cancer diagnosis.[2] | |
| 2022 | Cynthia Rudin | For pioneering scientific work in the area of interpretable and transparent AI systems in real-world deployments, the advocacy for these features in highly sensitive areas such as social justice and medical diagnosis, and serving as a role model for researchers and practitioners.[3] | |
See also
References
- "AAAI Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity". AAAI Awards. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- "Regina Barzilay wins $1M Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Squirrel AI award". news.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- "Duke Computer Scientist Wins $1 Million Artificial Intelligence Prize, A 'New Nobel'". news.mit.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
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