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

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...
Governor Michael Dukakis talks with the Chairman of Electricity of Vietnam Group about applying AIWS for reformation and innovation of the Group
On May 25, Mr. Duong Quang Thanh – Chairman of Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN), the largest power corporation in Vietnam, had a meeting with Leaders of Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) to discuss the implementation of AIWS in EVN....
MDI advises EVN to develop AIWS in EVN Group
Chairman and senior leaders of EVN visited and had a working meeting with Governor Michael Dukakis and MDI’s leaders. On May 25, senior leaders from MDI and EVN had a chance to meet and discuss the application of AIWS in EVN’s system. At the beginning, representatives...
Professor Jason Furman shares his thoughts on AI economy at Vietnam CEO Summit 2018
Professor Jason Furman, professor at Harvard Kennedy School and Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, will have a visit to Vietnam and share his thoughts on AI economy at Vietnam CEO Summit in July, 2018. President Obama referred to Prof. Furman as...
Ambition to build self-driving employee shuttles at Apple finally runs into reality
The New York Times reports that the tech giant has partnered with Volkswagen to build an autonomous shuttle for its own employees’ use. Prior to that, Apple had negotiated with several automakers, including BMW and Mercedes; however, negotiations had failed as these...
Judea Pearl: Causal reasoning could provide machines with human-level intelligence
A recent interview between Quanta Magazine and Professor Judea Pearl, a pioneer of AI who has had significant contributions to AI development shed light on how Pearl presumes casuals reasoning could provide machines with human-level intelligence. Machines in the...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: “I respect and support U.S. President Trump’s decision” to cancel U.S. – North Korea Summit
At the St .Petersburg International Economic Forum, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though feeling disappointed about the cancellation of the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un scheduled for June 12 in Singapore, showed respect for the decision of U.S. President...