by BGF | Jul 8, 2018 | News
The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) carefully selected several outstanding scholars, whose achievements in their fields make them promising leaders, and who have displayed an early commitment to promoting global peace and security.
In 2018-2019, Michael Dukakis Leadership fellows come from a diversity of disciplines, including the Media, Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence, and Psychology, but they share a common interest in promoting human well-being.
Here are the four members of Michael Dukakis Leadership Fellow 2018-2019:
– Walter Langelaar:Programme Director of Media Design at the University of Wellington, and co-founder of SAM – an AI Politician – which aims to raise awareness as well as pose critical perspectives on AI cloud infrastructure, blockchains and social media mining while contextualizing these tools in relation to contemporary Internet culture, political science and e-governance.
– Angela Schoelig: She leads the Dynamic Systems Lab at the University of Toronto, and has developed algorithms that allow robots to learn together. Her algorithms are helping self-driving and self-flying vehicles move around more safely. She was named as one of 35 Innovators under 35 by MIT Technology Review in 2017.
– Sarah Cotterill: PhD, College Fellow in Psychology at Harvard University, Secretary of MDI’s AIWS Standards and Practice Committee. She conducts research on political misinformation, as well as decision-making in the context of charitable giving, using experimental and machine learning techniques.
– Kevin Roose: A technology columnist for The New York Times and a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine. In 2015, he was named in Forbes’s “30 Under 30” list and Time’s list of the 140 best Twitter feeds, and his work has been featured in The Best American Business Writing, GQ, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and other publications.
by BGF | Jul 8, 2018 | News
AI is changing the way business works at a very fast pace, The Michael Dukakis Institute (MDI) is giving a finishing touch to the AI economic breakthrough strategy for Vietnam with the collaboration of Professor Jason Furman.
Professor Jason Furman – Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) of President Barack Obama, and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan – Director of MDI are working together to complete the AI economic breakthrough strategy for Vietnam. The plan for is nearly completed, including outstanding strategies to place Vietnam at the full front of AI development with other nations.
Prof. Jason Furman and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan are doing their best to make the preparation for the presentation of the strategy to Vietnamese leaders with the hope to enlighten the leaders with the best opportunities for Vietnam’s economy.
by BGF | Jul 8, 2018 | News
Tesla’s production process is on the fly as Elon Musk modified Model 3 Production line utilizing automation.
According to New York Times’s article, Elon Musk’s vision in 2016 didn’t turn out the way he expected since Tesla encounter difficulties in mass-producing battery packs and cars. Now, Tesla is trying to minimize the time that robots take to weld parts, revolutionizing the field. He has made many changes in his production plants to accelerate the operating speed including installing automated assembly machines, robots and setting up third Model 3 Production line by using owned equipment
To some extent, Tesla’s reliance on automation is a success, specifically regarding the installation of battery packs and electric motors to the vehicles underbodies. For the Model 3, that function involves just five work stations and no workers at all, said Lars Moravy, the company’s director of chassis engineering. But for some tasks, robots perform with less efficiency. In general, the production line is on the fly despite difficulties in technicality, labour… In the beginning of June, 3500 Models 3 sedans were being made in a week, Mr. Musk vowed to reach 5000 a week by the end of June. The result of the plants modification will be revealed in a few months when Tesla reports profit.
As AI is deployed to be used by business, industry, and private citizens, it is essential to that AI technologies remain benevolent and free from risks of misuse, error, or loss of control. Therefore, it is necessary to follow a certain set of principles in applying AI to assist businesses such as such as the AIWS 7-Layer Model by MDI.
by BGF | Jul 8, 2018 | News
The algorithmic A team called the OpenAI Five was developed by OpenAI. The team has shown its initial achievement, gaining a victory over amateur Dota 2 players in testing. What makes this win significant is that besides individually learning how to play the game, each algorithm learns how to cooperate with the other teammates.
Dota 2 is a complex strategy game in which teams of five players compete to control a structure within a sprawling landscape. Dota 2 is evaluated as difficult to master, and it is even more challenging for machines since when playing, they are required to predict what their opponents intend to do as well as to be able to support and cooperate.
By playing against various versions of themselves, the OpenAI Five figured out the key points, the roles of objectives in the game and created strategies in the way similar to what humans do. The AI team has won against a team of amateur players in testing.
This is a cutting-edge development for AI advancement. If this approach is successfully developed, the commercial use of technology is without controversy. For example, AI algorithms could team up to outmaneuver opponents in online trading or ad bidding. Also, collaboration between algorithms and humans is not far off.
Also, the next challenge for AI is to develop algorithms to compete in games involving communication, which demand players collaboration-competition balance.
AI is advancing against humans in many fields; if its development is not carefully monitored, it might result in unwanted consequences for humankind. It is fortunate for us that there are organizations currently working on AI ethical standards to ensure human well-being in the future. For instance, BGF and MDI are currently developing the AIWS 7-Layer Model for AI development.
by BGF | Jul 8, 2018 | News
From July 11, Prime Minister will start his Europe and Middle East tour and sign a free trade pact with European Union during his visit.
Mr. Shinzo Abe, the 57th Prime Minister of Japan, has been traveling from place to place to tighten relations between Japan and other nations. In the following week, he will start his eight-day tour to France for the opening ceremony of Japonismes 2018 and Saudi Arabia and Egypt accompanied by Japanese business executives with the purpose of boosting ties.
During his time with the EU, he will attend a signing ceremony for free trade between Japan and European Union in Brussel, with the hope to put the agreement into effect by late March next year.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was also one of MDI’s honorees in 2015, awarded with the title World Leader in Cybersecurity.
