AI Nobel Laureate donates half of prize money to support local clean water internships – Timmins Times
Nov 22, 2024
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel Laureate for AI contributions, donated $350,000 to Water First, a non-profit organization collaborating with Garden River to enhance local clean water practices.
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physics, donated half of his $350,000 prize money to Water First, a Canadian charity partnering with Indigenous communities to address local water challenges.
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Hinton, who is widely regarded as the “godfather of AI,” has previously lived in Peru, where he adopted a child, and saw first-hand the impact of clean water scarcity.
“The water was not safe to drink, and seeing the extra work and health care that goes into protecting a child from poisonous water cemented the belief that we must have clean water,” said Hinton in an article on the Water First website.
Water First delivers a 15-month-long paid internship program, which trains Indigenous interns in water quality, data analysis, and fish biology, as well as a work component in each member’s community Land and Resource office.
