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
Remarks of Governor Michael Dukakis to launch the Global Enlightenment Community
Harvard University Faculty Club, April 26, 2023 Dear Friends, I am excited to announce the founding of the Global Enlightenment Community, a collective of distinguished leaders, thinkers, innovators, artists, and business leaders dedicated to building a future based...
“AI Assistant Regulation Summit: Fostering a Tech Enlightenment Economy Alliance”, a conference of actions at Harvard Faculty Club on April 26
Pioneer in AI Governance, Special Regulations for AI Assistants and ChatGPT with a series of conference started February 28, 2023, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) calls on governments, companies, and academic institutions around the world to take action in managing and...
Boston Global Forum Initiative’s Online Conference
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Could this map of China start a war?
(BGF) – This Washington Post article reports on a map released by Chinese authorities showing all of China's territorial claims. Author Ishaan Tharoor argues that the map may flare tensions in Asia, with China's increasing assertiveness posing a growing threat to its...
The Challenges of Democratizing News and Information: Examining Data on Social Media, Viral Patterns and Digital Influence
(BGF) - Social media are thought to be systems where people create and receive information, and will prevail in the future. And yet, we have seen amazing examples of “nobodies” becoming “somebodies” overnight, and a piece of information can be retweeted million times,...
The Illusion of Chinese Power
(BGF) - In this article featured in The National Interest, David Shambaugh, professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University and author of "China Goes Global: The Partial Power", analyzes China's rise. Shambaugh sets out to...
Rethinking Viral: Why the Digital World Is Not as Democratic as We Think
(BGF) - John Wihbey, the managing editor of Journalist's Resource, made a study on the democratization of the social media platform and viral issue, and revealed the beneath truth of the phenomenon. As he said, people often think of social media platforms as somehow...
Vietnam won’t be pushed around by China
(BGF) - "Vietnam is no match for China when it comes to military power and never will be", as H.D.S Greenway comments on Vietnam in its dispute over China’s bringing in a giant oil rig off the Paracel Islands that both claim in the South China Sea. However, as he...