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
Celebrating Governor Dukakis’s 90th Birthday by Creating an Age of Global Enlightenment
On January 27, 2023, leaders of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) gathered to prepare events to celebrate the 90th birthday of Governor Michael Dukakis (November 3, 1933), the co-founder and chairman of the BGF. As we honor Governor Dukakis's contributions to public...
Alex Pentland’s ideas at BGF Conference on Global Enlightenment Economy
On January 27, 2023, the Boston Global Forum organized the BGF conference on Global Enlightenment Economy. MIT Professor Alex Pentland, a Distinguished Contributor of “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”, was a keynote speaker. In Alex...
Fast and Flawed Inspections of Factories Abroad- The New York Times
If factory inspections and monitoring processes were already in place, then why did 1800 garment workers lose their lives within a span of a year? The New York Times uncovers the fatal flaws that have led to the loss of lives and trust in global supply chain...
Fashioning Justice for Bangladesh – The American Prospect
Western multinationals are behind disasters like the Bangladesh factory collapse. Will public outrage and a new labor agreement lead to improvements for workers? The article from The American Prospect reports a long journey of finding justice for Bangladesh . Robert...
Why Did Bangladesh Stocks Rise 30 Percent After the Building Collapse?
Why Did Bangladesh Stocks Rise 30 Percent After the Building Collapse? By Nathaniel Williams for www.elliottwave.com According to conventional wisdom, stock markets fall after bad news. And if any event ever qualified as "bad news," it would be Bangladesh's...
Factory Survey Starts on September 15
In response to the worst factory disaster in Bangladesh's history, the country will start surveys of over 2000 factories on September 15, 2013. The Daily Star has the story. Factory Survey Starts on September 15 Thirty expert panels led by Bangladesh University of...
Working to make Worker Safety a Headline: An interview with John Quelch, Harvard Business School Professor and BGF Co-Founder
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, John A. Quelch, has several years of industry and academic experience in leadership, corporate accountability and management. Professor Quelch holds a joint appointment at...
For cost-crunching retailers, Bangladesh reigns supreme
Interestingly, the fire and collapse in Bangladesh's garment factories in the last year, have not initiated a relocation of supply chain production for major apparel retailers. In this Reuters story, the sad truth that led to compromised safety standards, still seems...