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
Shared Wisdom for the AI Age: Building the AI World Society Model
Professor Alex Pentland’s new book Shared Wisdom offers a timely and profound foundation for the development of the AI World Society (AIWS) model. His central message is clear: to build a flourishing society, we must design our technologies based on deep understanding...
Professor Alex Pentland Advises Secretary General Tô Lâm: Vietnam Should Build Its Own AI Model
At the October 28, 2025 high-level dialogue in London, Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland of MIT—one of the world’s foremost authorities in AI, data science, and digital governance—shared strategic advice directly with Vietnam’s General Secretary Tô Lâm. Professor...
Four Pillars Roundup: 250 Years of the US: A Beacon of Light in the Age of AI
Redefining Trust in the Digital Age: Tarun Khanna Speaks at the AIWS-DASI Conference Harvard University Loeb House — November 4, 2025 At the Boston Global Forum’s AIWS Digital Asset Standards Initiative (AIWS-DASI) Conference, Professor Tarun Khanna of Harvard...
Shared Wisdom: Alex Pentland’s Message to the AIWS-DASI Conference
AIWS Digital Asset Standards Initiative (AIWS-DASI) Harvard University – Loeb House, November 4, 2025 1. AI Must Extend Law and Ethics — Not Just Maximize Productivity In his remarks, Professor Alex “Sandy” Pentland emphasized that AI development should not focus...
BGF–AIWS Family Member Glen Weyl Honored with the 2025 IRF Peace Builder Award
November 12, 2025 The Boston Global Forum – AIWS Family proudly congratulates E. Glen Weyl, distinguished thinker, Microsoft leader, and active member of the BGF–AIWS Family, on being honored with the 2025 IRF Peace Builder Award. The award was presented in Prague on...
Acceptance Address and World Leader Spirit Lecture by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for the 2025 World Leader for Peace and Security Award
Harvard University Faculty Club, November 3, 2025 Dear Your Excellency Governor Michael Dukakis, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Distinguished Leaders and Professors, I accept this honor from the Boston Global Forum for World Leaders, Spirit and Peace and Security. And I...
BGF Issues the AIWS Esteemed Digital Assets Series of World Leaders
Honoring Visionary Leadership in the Age of AI Cambridge, Massachusetts – November 3, 2026 At the historic Harvard University Faculty Club, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) officially launched the AIWS Esteemed Digital Assets Series of World Leaders, a collection of...
Connecting Sacred Places and Spiritual Values in the AI World Society (AIWS)
A Journey from Nha Trang to Boston, from Varanasi to the Grand Canyon – Where Spirit, Nature, and Wisdom Converge in the Age of AI. Throughout human history, people have always sought sacred spaces—mountains, rivers, ancient cities, forests, and temples—as places that...





