New Delhi, March 26 -- With a significant $50 million contribution, the co-founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings, has pledged to initiate an "AI and Humanity" research program at Bowdoin College. The program seeks to explore artificial intelligence's fundamental societal level impacts, establish ethical frameworks, and study its potential risks.

Hastings reminds everyone of the need for anticipatory study about the Providence of AI before it disrupts any basic human interaction. Hastings becomes apprehensive about the world-changing speed at which he believes AI has grown faster than even social media.

"The AI change, I think, will be much bigger than the social networking change. So it's important to get started early before we're overwhel...