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

Distinguished Speakers Announced for BGF Conference – November 4, 2025
Harvard University Loeb House, Cambridge, MA The Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS) are proud to announce an exceptional lineup of distinguished speakers for the upcoming BGF Conference on November 4, 2025, titled “Honoring World Leaders,...

Four Pillars Roundup: BGF Statement on the Four Pillars for Peace, Security, and Innovation
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) affirms that in this moment of historic transition, the Four Pillars of Democracy—the United States, Japan, India, and the European Union–United Kingdom—must act together with urgency and clarity to secure peace, stability, and prosperity...
Powering Progress 24/7: Finance as a Force for Good
Distinguished Address by Élisabeth Moreno, Former French Minister At the Boston Global Forum Conference: Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7 Harvard University, Loeb House – 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA April 22, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT Ladies and...
Acceptance Speech by Audrey Tang
Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan Recipient of the World Leader in AI World Society Award Harvard University, Loeb House – 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA April 22, 2025 | 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT Governor Dukakis, Co-Chairs Mr. Tuan and Professor Patterson, distinguished...
Pioneering the Future: Unique Ideas in the Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7
On April 22, 2025, at Harvard University’s Loeb House, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) will unveil the Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7, a visionary framework to transform finance into a force for good. Inspired by Élisabeth Moreno’s call to power progress...
Shinzo Abe – Inaugural Film of the AIWS Film Park’s Esteemed Leaders Series
The Shinzo Abe Film, the inaugural production of the AIWS Film Park’s Esteemed Leaders Series, honors Shinzo Abe, recipient of the 2015 World Leader for Peace and Security Award. This cinematic tribute celebrates his visionary leadership, which reshaped Japan’s role...
Esteemed Leaders: Stories of Vision and Virtue from the AIWS Film Park
The AIWS Film Park, launched by the Boston Global Forum on March 11, 2025, proudly unveils its Esteemed Leaders Series, a groundbreaking collection of short films celebrating the lives and legacies of remarkable global figures. Beginning with recipients of the World...
Historic Step in AI and Culture: AIWS Film Park to Launch “StudioVerse” – A Global Network of Studios
Boston – April 20, 2025 In a transformative move that merges technology, ethics, and artistic vision, the AIWS Film Park, an initiative of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS), announces the creation of StudioVerse—a groundbreaking global...