by Editor | Nov 3, 2019 | News
Thien Tram, a sacred culture of Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa, will start organizing the New Year Thien Tram ceremony to celebrate and promote peaceful, innovative, tolerant, and honest values of humanity. Thien Tram is legend culture of Nha Trang – Khanh Hoa that Governor Michael Dukakis visited April 2013.
New Year Thien Tram ceremony will take place at 12:00 am on New Year’s Day.
Nha Trang is one of the most beautiful bays and beach in the world. The people of Nha Trang is highly educated and very charming and elegant.
Nha Trang benefits greatly from its topography: sea, islands, mountains and deltas make it an attractive region. An endless mountain range is located west of Nha Trang. It houses a wide variety of birds and animals. Nha Trang is sheltered from the wind and never receives typhoons.
It is a city that is known for Tram Huong (Agar Wood), which represents health, luck, honest and wisdom for each individual, family, and the city as the whole. Deeply associated with the history and culture, Agar Wood is widely depicted in literature.
Despite a severe lack of information, materials and facilities, in late 1995 in Nha Trang, Nguyen Anh Tuan successfully established VietNet network, which brought Internet services to the country, 2 years before the Vietnam government officially sanctioned Internet services.
Thien Tram culture is representative of knowledge, wisdom, humanity, honesty, loyalty, diligence, compassion, friendliness, and innovation.
AI World Society recognizes New Year Thien Tram Ceremony as an event of AI World Society, and will send a preeminent thoughtleaders to come to Nha Trang and present a speech at the ceremony.
by Editor | Nov 3, 2019 | News
On October 21, a special dinner organized by the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and its AI World Society program, served as the occasion to bestow on former President of Latvia (1999-2007) and current President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM), Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the World Leader for Peace and Security award for her solutions and initiatives for the Baltic region, Europe, and the world.
Through videoconference, Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts (1975-1979; 1983-1991) and Chairman of the BGF, underlined Vike-Freiberga’s merits for recivieng this prize: “You have had a rich career, serving for two terms as President of Latvia at the time it joined the European Union (…) You have been a leading voice in strengthening the Baltic region, most continuously but not solely through the Riga Conference, which you founded in 2006, and meets annually to discuss foreign policy issues”.
As master of ceremonies, Laura Chinchilla, former President of Costa Rica (2010-2014) and current Vice President of WLA-CdM, accompanied Dukakis’s remarks by stating that “we, as members of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid, feel very proud of this well-deserved distinction” to Vike-Freiberga’s life and work.
Upon accepting the award, President Vike-Freiberga thanked the BGF for honoring her as World Leader for Peace and Security for a second consecutive year, while calling for “more fundamental research on the impact of Artificial Intelligence in society and democracy”, for us to be prepared for the implications of the digital transformation.
by Editor | Nov 3, 2019 | News
Mozilla has announced a partnership with Element AI in a bid to advocate for the use of ethical artificial intelligence (AI).
On Monday, the tech giant said the strategic partnership between Mozilla and Element AI is focused on addressing “how new AI technologies and tools present challenges and opportunities for today’s digital frontiers.”
In particular, the ethical case for AI and its applications is of concern. AI, despite its infancy, has already proven itself in use cases that benefit humanity such as its use in neuroscience to assist paralyzed patients to communicate, the diagnosis of medical conditions and for tracking in academic research projects.
However, for every worthwhile, ethical purpose, AI can also be used for applications that some may deem unethical, including the development of unmanned weapons and military vehicles, as well as for mass surveillance.
The importance of ethical AI technology in the society is also initiated and mentioned in AI Ethics Report from AI World Society (AIWS) to promote ethical standards and frameworks for constructive use of AI in the society with the collaborations of different organizations and entities.
The original article can be found here.
by Editor | Nov 3, 2019 | News
Google’s recent claim that it has achieved quantum computing supremacy – apart from being contested by rival tech giants such as IBM – is still quite a ways off in terms of real-world applications.
The healthcare industry, for example, will still need to build a new set of applications to take advantage of quantum, and it still won’t account for the cost of the hardware and the operating costs to cool the systems and keep them operational.
If healthcare costs were not already high enough, these capabilities don’t help in keeping cost burdens low, and because quantum introduces all kinds of potential security risks, data privacy for healthcare patients could be compromised even further.
However, possible applications for artificial intelligence and machine learning to help with data analysis could prove critical further down the road.
Quantum computing could provide unprecedented power and speed of processing as well as novel and fundamentally different algorithmic search and data homogenization strategies.
According to Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI), AI technology together with advanced quantum computing can be a force for relieving them of resource constraints and arbitrary/inflexible rules and processes, and is potentially to solve important issues, such as SDGs.
The original article can be found here.
by Editor | Oct 27, 2019 | News
Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation will collaborate with LETI to deploy the first leadership program in AI in the world at Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (LETI): AI World Society Leadership Program. This is a one year master program.
https://etu.ru/en/university/news/strengthening-the-leading-position-in-the-artificial-intelligence-market
Nguyen Anh Tuan formulated the concept of a future master’s program: “Students will be invited to join the AIWS Young Leaders community and will have an opportunity to develop leadership skills in solving practical problems. They will be set an ambitious task to create a strategic concept in the field of artificial intelligence. Students transform into innovators, incredibly charismatic, able to attract and inspire. The Michael Dukakis Institute will support them throughout their careers.”
ETU “LETI” and the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation are planning to award double diplomas, the prestige of which will be ensured by a high level of educational programs. Students will receive a diploma only if they successfully master the curriculum and pass all the tests by solving all the tasks set by professors.
Another important step in the development of relations between partners will be the establishment of a Center of Smart Data at St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI, a key node in the development of artificial intelligence in Russia. ETU “LETI” will provide the necessary infrastructure, including a site for the Center and a hardware and software system.
The Center’s strategy will be aimed at advancing Russian science in artificial intelligence, setting and solving problems, creating global advanced ideas and concepts, and inviting leading teachers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northeastern University to advise the center on ways to solve these global problems. ETU “LETI” will attract the foremost authorities from St. Petersburg and all Russia to work at the Center.
“The main goal of cooperation between ETU “LETI” and the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation is to prepare future world leaders who will lead the international community to a better, more prosperous and peaceful future using artificial intelligence technologies. Graduates of the program will become strong leaders capable of developing initiatives in the field of artificial intelligence to solve problems in the high-tech era. They will shape public opinion, reform the business world and politics, and improve our culture and society for the better.” Viktor Sheludko, Rector of ETU “LETI”
The Center’s strategy will be aimed at advancing Russian science in artificial intelligence, setting and solving problems, creating global advanced ideas and concepts, and inviting leading teachers from Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northeastern University to advise the center on ways to solve these global problems. ETU “LETI” will attract the foremost authorities from St. Petersburg and all Russia to work at the Center.
by Editor | Oct 27, 2019 | News
A new social contract is needed to blunt such developments and encourage beneficial ones. To achieve this goal, the Boston Global Forum, working with MIT Connection Science (connection.mit.edu) is developing a set of principles and guidelines that could inform the creation of a social contract for the Digital Age. We are calling it the AI World Society Social Contract 2020
We see five centers of power and responsibility that need to be taken into account in the social contract: government, citizens, firms, civil society organization, and AI assistants. In the US, where the Government has branches, the Executive, Legislative and Judicial, we foresee the emergence of seven centers of power.
And we see a need for a social contract that places a priority on transparency, privacy, and the empowerment of citizens as opposed to government.
This message was delivered by Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan and Professor Alex Pentland at the 2019 Policy Dialogue ‘Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy: How can Artificial Intelligence Drive Democratic Governance?’ of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid on October 21, 2019.
The file can be found here.
by Editor | Oct 27, 2019 | News
On the morning of October 25, 2019, Professor David Silbersweig, Harvard Medical School, Board Member of the Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute, spoke at the AI World Society Roundtable on AI-Healthcare at AI World Conference and Expo. Professor Silbersweig introduced concepts about AI-Healthcare, a part of the AI World Society Initiative.
Now in the fourth year, AI World Conference and Expo has become the industry’s largest independent business event focused on the state of the practice of AI in the enterprise. The AI World 3-day program delivers a comprehensive spectrum of content, networking, and business development opportunities, all designed to help participants cut through the hype and navigate through the complex landscape of AI business solutions. Attend AI World and learn how innovators are successfully deploying AI and intelligent automation to accelerate innovation efforts, build competitive advantage, drive new business opportunities, and reduce costs.
by Editor | Oct 27, 2019 | News
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) research arm, DeepMind, made an international name for itself in 2017 when its AlphaGo program consistently beat the world’s best human Go players in the board game. Now, a new project borne out of the lab has proved that AI is also better than humans at learning words, including those long-forgotten ones dating back thousands of years.
In a recent collaboration between DeepMind and the University of Oxford, a team of computer scientists trained a set of neural networks (algorithms) to recognize words inscribed on unearthed Greek stones that were between 1,500 and 2,600 years old. The neural networks were then asked to apply those learnings to predicting the missing characters or words on a new set of damaged relics. The result: algorithms are both faster and better than humans at filling in ancient Greek text.
The AI program, named Pythia (after the Oracle of Delphi in Greek mythology), was trained with over three million words from existing artifacts and then put in a head-to-head contest against historians to guess missing words in 2,949 damaged inscriptions. Pythia achieved a nearly 70% accuracy rate, while human historians got only 43% of the text right.
According to Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI), AI development from hi-tech company and research institutes can be a force for relieving them of resource constraints and arbitrary/inflexible rules and processes, and is potentially to solve important issues, such as SDGs.
The original article can be found here.
by Editor | Oct 27, 2019 | News
Artificial intelligence (AI), including machine learning, presents exciting opportunities to transform the health and life sciences spaces. It offers tantalizing prospects for swifter, more accurate clinical decision making and amplified R&D capabilities. However, open issues around regulation and clinical relevance remain, causing both technology developers and potential investors to grapple with how to overcome today’s barriers to adoption, compliance, and implementation.
Here are key obstacles to consider and how to handle them:
Developing regulatory frameworks. In 2017, the FDA released its Digital Health Innovation Action Plan to offer clarity about the agency’s role in advancing safe and effective digital health technologies, and addressing key provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act.
Achieving FDA approval. To account for the shifting FDA oversight and approval processes, software developers must carefully think through how to best design and roll out their product so it’s well positioned for FDA approval, especially if the software falls under the agency’s “higher risk” category.
AI is a black box. Besides current regulatory ambiguity, another key issue that poses challenges to the adoption of AI applications in the clinical setting is their black-box nature and the resulting trust issues.
Lower hurdles in life sciences. While AI’s application in the clinical care setting still faces many challenges, the barriers to adoption are lower for specific life sciences use cases. For instance, ML is an exceptional tool for matching patients to clinical trials and for drug discovery and identifying effective therapies.
But whether it’s in a life sciences capacity or the clinical care setting, the fact remains that many stakeholders stand to be impacted by AI’s proliferation in health care and life sciences. Obstacles certainly exist for AI’s wider adoption — from regulatory uncertainties to the lack of trust to the dearth of validated use cases. But the opportunities the technology presents to change the standard of care, improve efficiencies, and help clinicians make more informed decisions is worth the effort to overcome them. These challenges and opportunities of AI in health care is also mentioned in AI Ethics and Practice Indexes to include standards and frameworks for constructive use of AI in the society with the collaborations of different organizations and entities.
The original article can be found here.
