by Editor | Jun 6, 2022 | Papers & Reports, News, World Leaders in AIWS Award Updates, AIWS and the Age of Global Enlightenment
As computing systems become more actively involved in societally essential areas such as healthcare, education, and government, it is crucial to accurately forecast and comprehend these interventions’ causal repercussions. Traditional machine learning algorithms based on pattern recognition and correlational analyses are insufficient for decision-making without an A/B test.
To fill this gap, Microsoft researchers created a platform that executes the process of causal inference analysis from start to finish to assist data scientists in better understanding and applying causal inference. They developed the DoWhy in 2018. Since then, the library has been doing precisely that, cultivating a community committed to using causal inference principles in data science. “DoWhy” is a Python package that attempts to encourage causal thinking and analysis, many ways machine learning libraries have done for prediction. DoWhy provides a four-step interface for causal inference that focuses on clearly modeling and confirming causal assumptions as feasible.
Traditional machine learning approaches aim to anticipate a result. Consider a public utility business that wants to minimize their customers’ water use using a marketing and incentives campaign. The success of a rewards program is difficult to assess since any drop in water consumption by participating consumers is masked by their decision to engage in the program.
Suppose we see that a rewards program member uses less water than others. How do we know if the program motivates their lower water consumption or if consumers who were already expecting to cut their water usage choose to join it? Given information about the determinants of consumer behavior, causal approaches may separate confusing variables and determine the impact of this incentive program.
This collaboration between Microsoft and AWS applies concepts of Causal Inference and The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect of professor Judea Pearl. He is a Global Enlightenment Leader.
Boston Global Forum honored Professor Judea Pearl with the 2020 World Leader in AIWS Award.
by Editor | Jun 6, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital, News
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a draft National Data Governance Framework to mobilise citizen non-personal data for use by public and private entities in a bid to improve services.
The draft policy proposes launching a non-personal data-based India datasets programme. It also addresses the methods and rules to ensure that non-personal and anonymised data from both the government and private entities are safely accessible by the research and innovation ecosystem.
The Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, stated that the National Data Governance Framework will appeal to artificial intelligence (AI) startups, AI research entities, and government departments. He called it an important piece of policy framework that will help the country achieve its target to be a US$1 trillion digital economy. The policy will apply to all government departments and entities. Its rules and standards will be applicable to all data collected and managed by any government entity.
The framework will also accelerate the digitisation of government operations. Currently, digital government data is stored, managed, and accessed in differing and unpredictable ways across different government entities, weakening the efficacy of data-driven governance and preventing an innovative and seamless ecosystem of data science, analytics, and AI. According to the draft, the power of data must be harnessed for more effective digital governance and innovation.
https://opengovasia.com/india-issues-new-draft-data-governance-framework/
Through this Draft Data Governance Framework, Boston Global Forum (BGF) recognizes that the Indian Government follow the standards of the Social Contract for AI Age.
by Editor | Jun 6, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, Global Law and Accord on AI and Digital, News
The United States has been working to codify the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative that focuses on six strategic pillars: improving AI innovation, advancing trustworthy AI, creating new education and training opportunities through AI, improving existing infrastructure through new technologies, facilitating federal and private sector utilization of AI to improve existing systems, and promoting an international environment that supports further advances in AI. In April 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the National Institute on Standards (NIST) announced members of the inaugural National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which will be tasked with advising the Biden administration on how to proceed with national AI governance efforts. At their first meeting on May 4, 2022, the NAIAC discussed the use of AI pertaining to U.S. competitiveness, issues related to workforce, and whether there is adequate national oversight of AI systems. Taken together, the objectives of the national AI initiative and the creation of the NAIAC will ensure strategic and timely approaches to the design and deployment of autonomous systems, as well as further establish national norms.
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) considers the US as a major player in global digital governance, in maintaining and protecting democratic values based on standards and values of Social Contract for the AI Age. GADG will work with the Indian Government to synthesize the capacity of two countries in Global Digital Governance.
The original article was posted at the Brookings Institute.
by Editor | Jun 5, 2022 | Event Updates
Leaders of Boston Global Forum will speak and discuss at a special event at MIT on June 27, 2022.
The Digital Bretton Woods Conference is co-hosted by the World Bank, MIT Connection Science, EY and Boston Global Forum.
The conference will discuss the following topics and themes:
Perspective on the Role of Digital Transformation
Growth Strategies in the Digital Economy
- Growth strategies for the new digital economy
- Advanced analytical platforms for better economic policy making
- Promoting private sector innovation and digital ecosystems
- Role of disruptive new technologies in promoting growth
Investing in Foundational Digital Public Infrastructure
- Enabling seamless global trade through digitization
- Transforming tax and finance systems and processes
- Digital identity as foundation for a government data strategy
- The role of advanced technologies
Governance of Multistakeholder Systems
- Economic foresight: anticipating the next crisis
- A new era for technology policy, regulation, and incentives
- New organizational structures for multi-party technology systems
- Computational law and regulatory certainty
AIWS Government for Ukraine
by Editor | May 29, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News
On May 24, 2022 in Boston, Former Japanese State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama met and discussed with Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chair of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-founder and CEO of BGF, BGF Board Members: Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, MIT Professor Nazli Choucri, and Harvard Professor Stephen Walt.
He officially joined the Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) as the leader of GADG in Japan and Taiwan.
Mr. Nakayama has contributed significantly since 2019. He is an enthusiast mentor of the AI World Society Innovation Network (AIWS.net).
