Vitalik Buterin Appreciated Shiba Community For Making Artificial Intelligence Grant Program Possible

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, announced the first cohort of the Artificial Intelligence Fellowship Program and expressed gratitude to the Shiba Inu community for making the fellowships possible. In response to a tweet announcing the fellows, Buterin stated. Big thanks to the Shiba Inu community, whose cryptocurrency made these fellowships possible! — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) July 20, 2022 Existential Safety Research in AI Students planning to conduct existential safety research in AI and beginning their Ph.D. programs in 2022 in the US, UK, or Canada are eligible for the funding. According to a post, the program will support eight students for their Ph.D. for five years, with the possibility of extending funding. The student’s Ph.D. program’s tuition, fees, and stipend will all be covered by the annual budget, up to a maximum of $40,000, and there will also be a fund of $10,000 available for research-related costs like travel and computers. Another award program will pay one student with an annual stipend of $80,000 and a fund of up to $10,000 through a postdoctoral fellowship. The fellowships don’t relate to Shiba Inus. Nevertheless, the fact that the Shiba Inu developers had sent half of the token’s total supply to have it removed from circulation last year suggests that Buterin was aware of the meme coins community. At the time, the tokens were worth billions of dollars. Buterin Will Donate Remaining Shi...