by Editor | Jun 3, 2021 | News
Governor Michael Dukakis wrote the introduction of the book “Remaking the world – the Age of Global Enlightenment,” published by Boston Global Forum and the United Nations Academic Impact. In this, he wrote:
“Nothing is more urgent than peace and security in the world, and no organization is better positioned to promote it than is the United Nations. That has been true since its inception in 1945, although the lesson of the last seventy-five years is that the UN’s mandate must be enlarged if it is to fulfill the ideals on which it was founded. The task between now and the UN’s centennial in 2045 is the remake the UN so that it can play an even larger role in remarking the world.
This book offers ideas that can inform that effort. The ideas are meant to stimulate thought and discussion. Some of the ideas will undoubtedly, and properly, fall by the wayside during the deliberative process. Other ideas, not in this book, will come to the fore. A great deal of thought and experience went into the founding of the United Nations, and that kind of effort is needed once again as we consider how to enhance this remarkable institution.
On behalf of the Boston Global Forum, I want to thank the distinguished women and men who have contributed to the book. In one form or another, they have dedicated their careers to the service of others, and to the common good, and their essays reflect that dedication.
A special thank you is due to the book’s editor, Nguyen Anh Tuan. He envisioned the book project and assembled and guided the contributors. His commitment to world peace and security is unflagging, and the book is yet another testament to his dedication.”
by Editor | Jun 3, 2021 | News
Eva Kaili, Chair, European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment Panel (STOA) and the Centre for Artificial Intelligence (C4AI), joins the Boston Global Forum AI International Accord Committee. She will speak at the “Fundamental Rights in AI and Digital Society: Towards an International Accord” Policy Lab co-organized by Boston Global Forum and Club de Madrid on September 7-9th, 2021.
Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum wrote: “We are aware of Eva Kaili’s great leadership within the European Parliament, especially in pushing for coordinated efforts in global AI standard-setting to promote trustworthy human-centered AI and advancing the establishment of the European Digital Single Market.”
Eva Kaili wrote: “It would be an honour to be part of the Boston Global Forum and cooperate in the Artificial Intelligence International Accord project”.
Eva Kaili is a Member of the European Parliament, part of the Hellenic S&D Delegation since 2014. She is Member of the Committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Budgets (BUDG), and the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA). Eva is a member of the delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (DACP), the delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (DARP), and the delegation for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (DNAT). In her capacity, she has been working intensively on promoting innovation as a driving force of the establishment of the European Digital Single Market. She has been the draftsperson of multiple pieces of legislation in the fields of blockchain technology, online platforms, big data, fintech, AI and cybersecurity, as well as the ITRE draftsperson on Juncker plan EFSI2 and more recently the InvestEU program.
by Editor | Jun 3, 2021 | Event Updates
The Boston Global Forum and Club de Madrid have decided organize the online “Fundamental Rights in AI and Digital Society: Towards an International Accord” Policy Lab on September 7 – 9, 2021.
From June 2021, the AI International Accord Committee include government leaders, distinguished thinkers, and business leaders, who will discuss and contribute toward the 2nd version of the Framework for AI International Accord.
by Editor | May 31, 2021 | News
Professor Thomas Patterson, Harvard Kennedy School, President of AIWS University, presented
“Remaking the World: A Social Contract for the AI Age.” Here is his message:
While AI can do much good it can also do harm. AI entails risks, such as opaque decision-making, gender-based and other forms of discrimination, unwarranted intrusion in our private lives, and more. AI is making authoritarian regimes more durable. In the 1990s, the median life span of such regimes was roughly 10 years. Now it’s twice that long. A study by the Mass Mobilization Project found that the most durable authoritarian regimes are ones that utilize surveillance technology to track and control their people. Once people know that their government is tracking them, they become compliant.
Governments are not the only ones exploiting AI. So too, for example, are tech companies that manipulate people’s buying behavior and malicious actors who spread disinformation and discord.
Such concerns lead us to conclude that there is a need for a new social contract, one fitted to the AI age and that seeks to maximize the benefits of AI and minimize its exploitation. Without such guidelines, AI entails significant risks to the wellbeing of individuals and nations.
http://bostonglobalforum.org/bgf2022/news-and-events/the-united-nations-centennial-bgf-and-unai-initiative/
by Editor | May 31, 2021 | News
On May 27, 2021, at launching the book, Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chair of Boston Global Forum, presented remarks, made a significant point that resonated with discussions, stating that we should “marry our thinkers with our doers”.
“That’s essentially why we’re here isn’t it? To see if we can marry our thinkers with our doers in a way that makes them thinker-doers. That it doesn’t isolate that knowledge in a corner in some place and make it something unusual, difficult and not applicable. And that’s the big challenge”.
He raised the role of the United Nations for global peace, security, and prosperity today and future.
Governor Michael Dukakis, Professor Thomas Patterson, and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan contributed a special chapter: using AI and Digital to innovate, reform politics and make a smart democracy.
