Artificial Intelligence World Society
Mission
The mission of AIWS is to develop recommendations for the development and implementation of AI in ways that promote the public interest. This includes:
- Develop an ethical framework for the use of AI.
- Create a new social contract in the AI Age.
- Establish concepts and principles for the 7-layer AIWS.
- Innovate technical protocols to enhance cybersecurity and protect privacy.
- Building AI-Government, the AIWS City, and AI Initiatives in Politics and Society.
Foundation
The AI World Society Innovation Network (AIWS.net) is established by former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, Internet pioneer Nguyen Anh Tuan, M.I.T. professors Nazli Choucri and Alex Sandy Pentland, Harvard professors Thomas Patterson and David Silbersweig, and Northeastern University professor Christo Wilson.
This effort is sponsored by the Boston Global Forum, Michael Dukakis Institute, the Government of Massachusetts, and MIT and mentored by distinguished thinkers as father of Internet Vint Cerf, father of Bayesian networks Judea Pearl, father of soft power theory Joseph Nye, and from former presidents and prime ministers who are members of the World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid.
AIWS will identify, publish and promote principles for the virtuous application of AI, while AIWS.net will develop apps, solutions consistent with these principles for use in politics, governments, healthcare, education, transportation, national security, and other areas.
AIWS.net is constructed on four pillars:
1. Connecting
AIWS.net connects with political leaders, policymakers, governments of more than 50 countries include G7, Russia, India etc., international organizations as United Nations, OECD, World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid, and distinguished thinkers, innovators, research centers from leading universities as Harvard, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, Brandeis, University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, Cambridge etc. Through AIWS.net leaders, and distinguished thinkers will together discuss, create initiatives, solutions, applications, and practice them to build a better world with AI.
2. Monitoring and Judging:
AIWS.net will monitor AI developments and uses by governments, corporations, and non-profit organizations to assess whether they comply with the norms and standards codified in the AIWS Social Contract 2020. Noncompliant actors will be identified and publicized through fact-based reports.
3. Principles and Solutions:
Principles of AI-Governments, AI-Citizens, AIWS Social Contract 2020, AIWS City and principles of applied AI in politics, governments, education, healthcare, transportation, national security and create solutions to practicing these principles.
Assisting the United Nations in its UN 2045 Centenary Project, including preparation of a volume of forward- looking essays (curated by Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan) on technological change.
Together with principles of AIWS, the Social Contract 2020, AIWS.net created the section Modern Causal Inference (MCI) to introduce and encourage applied Causal Inference and AI in politics, governments, healthcare, and economy. Professor Judea Pearl, UCLA, Turing Award, World Leader in AIWS Award, lead MCI section.
4. The History of Artificial Intelligence (HAI)
Historical events, achievements, and figures in AI: The AI Chronicle updated monthly, and The History of AI House, both online and physical at Novaworld Phan Thiet, Vietnam.
The HAI Board is chaired by Governor Michael Dukakis, with Professor Nazli Choucri (MIT), Professor Caroline Jones (MIT), Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Historian Chien Minh Le, President of Dalat University, Professor Ole Molvig (Vanderbilt University), Tuan Anh Nguyen (Michael Dukakis Institute), Professor Thomas Patterson (Harvard University), Professor Judea Pearl (UCLA), Professor Alex Pentland (MIT), Marc Rotenberg (Michael Dukakis Institute), Professor David Silbersweig (Harvard University), and President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Latvia, Dr. Lorraine Kisselburgh (Chair of ACM’s Global Technology Policy Council), Professor Randall Davis (Associate Director of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (1993-1998)), and Professor Caroline A. Jones (MIT) as members.
AIWS NEWS
Birthday Tribute to President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Co-Author of the Social Contract for the AI Age
December 1 The Boston Global Forum and the AI World Society extend our heartfelt congratulations to President Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, the 2019 World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, on the occasion of her birthday, December 1, 1937. President...
AIWS Music for Humanity – Official Standards Announcement
A Cultural Pillar of the “America at 250 – A Beacon for the AI Age” Initiative The Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS) proudly introduce the AIWS Music for Humanity Standards, a global framework guiding music that uplifts, unites, and enlightens....
A lull in the tempest: Four Pillars week
This has been a relatively slower week for international developments, but let us speak of the Four Pillars. India and Europe, two Pillars, have been strengthening their ties in the past week. India has now approved the construction port to improve trade with Europe,...
“The Knowledge Platform for AI” – The contribution of business
The full paper can be downloaded as a PDF here: The Knowledge Platform for AI – The Contribution of Business. Below is the introductory chapter of the paper. Directors AI Ethics Forum, Harvard University, June 17-18, 2024 Nguyen Anh Tuan, Jeff Saviano, Thomas...
Boston Global Forum and Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition Invite Leaders to Contribute to the Indo-Pacific Spark Initiative
On June 21, 2024, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition at the Wilson Center announced a groundbreaking partnership aimed at enhancing strategic relations between the United States, Japan, India, and Vietnam. This...
Pope Francis’ Speech at the G7 Summit 2024 and Messages on AI at the 2024 Inter-religious Conference
Pope Francis' Speech at the G7 Summit 2024 On June 14, 2024, Pope Francis delivered a profoundly impactful speech at the G7 Summit, addressing the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI). His Holiness emphasized that AI is neither objective nor neutral,...
Ramu Damodaran
Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI), Co-Chair of the United Nations Centennial – BGF and UNAI Initiative in Honor of the United Nations 2045 Centenary Ramu Damodaran joined the United Nations Department of Global Communications in 1996; his...
Boston Global Forum and The Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition of the Wilson Center Announce Partnership to Research Strategies for Enhancing Relations between US-Japan-India and Vietnam
For Immediate Release Boston Global Forum and The Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition of the Wilson Center Announce Partnership to Research Strategies for Enhancing Relations between US-Japan-India and Vietnam Boston, MA - Washington DC, June 21, 2024 - The...





