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
Shinzo Abe Initiative Report: Addressing World Conflict and Four Pillars for Peace and Stability
At the 3rd Shinzo Abe Initiative Conference, March 28, 2024 in Tokyo, the Boston Global Forum announced the Shinzo Abe Initiative Report: Addressing World Conflict and Four Pillars for Peace and Stability Contributed by Michael Dukakis, Ramu Damodaran, Francesco...
The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI
The US government issued new rules Thursday requiring more caution and transparency from federal agencies using artificial intelligence, saying they are needed to protect the public as AI rapidly advances. But the new policy also has provisions to encourage AI...
German Federal Minister of Defense, Speaker of Riksdag, and other leaders will speak at Riga Conference 2019
The Riga Conference 2019 will take place on October 11 and 12. This year, it attracts many governments leaders, thought leaders from Europe, and USA. As usual, President and Prime Minister of Latvia will open and conclude the conference. Dr Artis Pabriks, Deputy Prime...
AIWS becomes a Content Partner of AI World Conference and Expo in Boston and Automation Engineering International Conference in Rome, October 2019
Professor Alex Sandy Pentland, Director of Connection Science of MIT and Co-Founder of AIWS Social Contract 2020 and Mr. Paul Nemitz, team member of AIWS Social Contract 2020, will speak at AI World Conference and Expo 2019. Join the Boston Global Forum, the...
Algorithm Audits for Transparency and Accountability
During AI World Society (AIWS) conference at Harvard University Faculty Club on September 23 2019, the AIWS Social Contract 2020 was initiated and promoted by Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI). The AIWS Social Contract 2020 is the...
President of Finland Sauli Niinisto: “Respect for universal human rights is the key to a peaceful and just world.”
This is the concluding message from the Statement by the President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, at the 74th General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, 24 September 2019. “Respect for universal human rights is the key to a peaceful...
Leaders of AI World Society, Professor Alex Sandy Pentland and Professor David Silbersweig, will speak at AI World Conference and Expo 2019
Professor Alex Sandy Pentland, MIT co-founder of the Social Contract 2020- Social Contract for the 21st Century and Professor David Silbersweig, Harvard Medical School, Board Member of the Boston Global Forum, will be speakers at AI World Conference and Expo 2019. AI...
New Concepts about Political Power in the Digital Age: 7 concentrations of power
New concepts and principles of political power in AI and Internet age include 7 concentrations of power: 1. Executive Branch, 2. Legislative Branch, 3. Judicial Brach, 4. Business Sector, 5. Civil society organizations, 6. People, 7. AI Assistants. These concepts are...