by BGF | Jun 3, 2018 | News
Consulate General of Greece in New England will host AIWS Roundtable in Boston, specifically AIWS Roundtable to Build the Next Generation Democracy, at the Greece Consulate General’s house on Beacon Street.
Athens is the origin of the first democratic society in human history and the home of the greatest philosophers who created the foundation of philosophy today. Representing Athen’s long-established tradition of being the frontrunner, Mr. Stratos Efthymiou, Consulate General of Greece in Boston, met with Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of MDI, on May 30, 2018 to discuss Greece’s role in the AIWS 7-layer model. Mr. Tuan welcomed the Consulate General and confirmed his involvement in hosting the AIWS Roundtable in Boston.
by BGF | Jun 3, 2018 | News
On September 20, 2018 at Harvard University Faculty Club, MDI and BGF will host a conference on AIWS Citizens Ethics and Standards. Some initial AIWS standards for AI Citizens have been outlined.
The World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid, the largest forum of former democratic presidents and prime ministers who foster a democracy, will co-organize this conference. President Vaira Vike-Freiberga will co-chair with Governor Michael Dukakis.
by BGF | Jun 3, 2018 | News
Beginning on June 4, AIWS Standards and Practice Committee will open a discussion of standards for an AI Citizen.
The Committee includes:
Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman of Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute
Professor Nazli Choucri, MIT
Mr. Allan Cytryn, Representative of Michael Dukakis Institute in New York
Mr. Masahiro Fukuhara, Founder and CEO of IGS and GROW360, Japan
Mr. Ian Goodfellow, Research Scientist at Google
Ms. Beatriz Merino, Former Prime Minister of Peru
Mr. Tuan Anh Nguyen, Co-founder and CEO of Boston Global Forum, and Director of Michael Dukakis Institute
Professor Thomas Patterson, Harvard University
Professor Derek Reveron, U.S Naval War College
Professor John Savage, Brown University
Professor David Silbersweig, Harvard University
Professor Max Tegmark, MIT
Ms. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and Former President of Latvia
Professor Patrick Winston, MIT
Mr. Kazuo Yano, Chief Engineering of Hitachi, Japan
Attendees of the AIWS Citizens Standards discussion are world leaders, leading innovators and scholars in AI sector.
by BGF | Jun 3, 2018 | News
With the help of Google, the Pentagon’s Project Maven, a drone imaging program involving using AI to identify ISIS targets, has been progressing considerably well. However, even though the role of Google in this project is still unclear, thousands of Google employees have protested against Project Maven.
At the same time, AIWS is calling for the making of an AI Peace Treaty. With more and more people realizing the ethical implications of projects involving AI, it is crucial that the world address such issues of ethics before jumping into programs that potentially weaponize AI.
by BGF | Jun 3, 2018 | News
AI is making remarkable progress with noticeable achievements: the creation of an AI with the purpose of foreseeing violence by scanning social media content, or combining AI with high-performance computing in the form of a new chip platform in Taiwan.
On November 22, 2017, the AI World Society (AIWS) was conceived by MDI as a way to build a social model that will make AI safe, trustworthy, transparent, and humanistic. AIWS hopes to inform people about all aspects of AI so that it can contribute to the good of society—now and well into the future.
