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

Farms of the Future

Farms of the Future

AI is changing the way we live - and now it's changing the way cows live, too. A Dutch company called Connecterra has created the Intelligent Dairy Farmer's Assistant, or "Ida," an AI-driven sensor device to help farmers keep tabs on their herds. Originally tested in...

Club de Madrid Forms New Partnership for Education

Club de Madrid Forms New Partnership for Education

The Club de Madrid has announced a partnership with the Varkey Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving access to quality education worldwide. The partnership began this past March and is designed to bring together top educational policy makers in order to...

U.N. Secretary General Urges Forward Thinking on New Technologies

U.N. Secretary General Urges Forward Thinking on New Technologies

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, a member of Club de Madrid, has been urging world leaders to consider the consequences of emerging technologies. In February, he called for global rules and norms to minimize the impact of cyber warfare on civilians. In a...

Police Exploring AI to Identify Suspects

Police Exploring AI to Identify Suspects

When considering artificial intelligence and police, most may think of Robocop. AI may be coming to a police department near you, but it will likely be a bit more subtle. Companies are developing facial recognition software for police body cameras that could allow...

AIWS Roundtable Held in Japan

AIWS Roundtable Held in Japan

On April 2, AIWS hosted a Roundtable in Tokyo, Japan with top AI researchers and thinkers. Among the many topics covered were AIWS's 7-layer model for AI, cyber security, the proliferation of fake news, and increased technological competition with China. Nobue Mita,...

New Film Explores Risks of AI

New Film Explores Risks of AI

A new documentary, Do You Trust This Computer?, explores the potential risks artificial intelligence could pose to humanity. The film is the work of Chris Pain, best known for his documentary Who Killed the Electric Car?   Paine includes interviews with several...