by BGF | May 20, 2018 | News
On May 18 in Riga, Latvia, former President of Latvia Vaira Vike-Freiberga discussed with Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of BGF), the AIWS initiative and potential cooperation to host other AIWS events in Latvia.
In the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan proposed an idea towards Riga and Latvia’s development: by pioneering a new AI culture which combines traditional culture and AIWS culture in the era of AI World Society. With many traditions and achievements already existing, Latvia will play an important role in helping AI contribute to peace and security in the Baltic and Northern Europe. At the same time, Latvia can become one of the pioneers along with the MDI and BGF, calling for an AI Peace Treaty.
The AIWS initiative, which the AI Peace Treaty is a part of, was created by The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI), working in concert with BGF. As an offshoot of BGF, MDI was born in 2015 with the mission of generating ideas, creating solutions, and deploying initiatives to solve global issues, especially focusing on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence.
by BGF | May 13, 2018 | News
World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid Members Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien and Jorge Quiroga led the discussion in the thought-provoking Next Generation Democracy (NGD) America roundtable in San Francisco.
NGD is a program led by the Club de Madrid to facilitate discussion on and promote democracy worldwide. The aim of the NGD America meeting was to break the silos between political leaders and academic experts and the world of technology entrepreneurs and to start a direct and sincere dialogue among these spheres. “The tech world is very good at listening to itself but now we want to listen to others,” Newco’s CEO John Battelle said.
How can corporations and tech industries integrate democracy into their business model? BGF and MDI have been working closely with the Club de Madrid in developing AIWS and the 7-layer model to build Next Generation Democracy.
by BGF | May 13, 2018 | News
At a technology trade show in Germany, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who received World Leader in Cybersecurity honored by the Boston Global Forum, informed the audience that Japan is not scared of AI and that the AI sector could provide immense benefits for Japan.
“Japan has no fear of AI. Machines will snatch away jobs? Such worries are not known to Japan. Japan aims to be the very first to prove that growth is possible through innovation, even when a population declines,” the Prime Minister said. Japan is one of the world leaders in robotics, with companies like Fujitsu already developing a deep learning supercomputer for the Japanese research institute RIKEN.
Elsewhere around the world, AI may still remain a relatively unknown entity. People aren’t sure whether to embrace it or be afraid of the new technology. However, international governments are leaning towards the former. With an aim to improve the quality of life for all humanity, the Boston Global Forum and the Michael Dukakis Institute developed the AIWS 7-layer model to build a new AI-based politics. While AI per se cannot replace the functions of world leadership, our sixth layer will prove invaluable in providing assistance for human leaders.
by BGF | May 13, 2018 | News
DeepMind, a UK company owned by Alphabet, discovered that an AI program trained to navigate through a virtual maze has developed an architecture that resembles the neural “GPS system” found inside a brain, helping the AI find its way around the maze with unprecedented skill.
Neural networks can be useful for many things, but until now they have not proved especially suitable for navigation. Researchers at DeepMind set out to train an artificial neural network to mimic path integration and found that it developed something similar to the “grid cells” found in a biological brain. The research suggests that grid cells play a fundamental role in how animals – including humans – find their way around the world. This discovery has significant practical benefits, like helping robots navigate through unfamiliar buildings more easily.
Although AI research may reveal new thing about the brain that remain mysterious, this idea should be treated with some caution, since there is much we do not know about how the brain works, and since the functioning of artificial neural networks is also often hard to explain. AIWS was established to encourage the application of AI in all aspects of society. We are working closely with policymakers, business leaders, and technologists on the safety and ethical issues surrounding AI, including navigation of AI in neuroscience.
by BGF | May 13, 2018 | News
Last week, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence – a national commission to guide America’s artificial intelligence investments – was introduced by a bipartisan pair of senators as a way to stay ahead of Chinese AI.
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligencewill have 15 members appointed by Congress and executive branch leaders from the fields of defense, commerce, science and intelligence. This commission will complete a yearly report looking at AI through the lens of national security, economic security, public-private partnerships and investment, and provide recommendations on growing AI industry within the U.S.
“The commission proposed in this bill will provide guidance on how we cultivate AI to help ensure we stay ahead of countries like China in this space, while also building guardrails to make certain the U.S. government responsibly uses AI,” Catherine Cortez Masto, a member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said.
AIWS considers all possible applications of AI and robotics and aims to make the world better, safer with AI. On April 25, BGF announced the Ethical Framework for AIWS. The framework is a 7-layer model, with the fourth layer focusing on laws and legislation. The goal of this layer is to guide leaders in these endeavors so that their work is effective and timely.
