At Google’s annual I/O conference in Mountain View, California on May 7, CEO Sundar Pichai introduced some new features to make technology increasingly accessible, including “Pretty Please” and “Google Duplex” for Google Assistant, “Do Not Disturb” and “Dashboard” for Android P, “Style Match” for Google Lens, and “Smart Compose” for Gmail. With the exception of “Google Duplex”, other features will be available this year. The company also hopes the extra convenience will make users more willing to share more personal data when they’re, say, asking Google to please tell a story.
While technology can be a positive force, there are very real and important questions being raised about the impact of these advances and the role they’ll play in our lives. Therefore, we need to have a set of standards and norms to advance the peaceful development of AI, which is the reason AIWS has established the Ethical Frameworks for AI.
Following claims that the U.S is ahead of other nations in AI, the White House announced the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence convened under the National Science and Technology Council on May 10, 2018.
The Select Committee signals the Trump administration’s commitment to using AI to promote technological as well as social development. The administration has already taken major steps to invest in such research and to prepare for the technology’s impact on the economy. Since 2015, it has increased R&D funding for AI and autonomous systems and updated the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy. President Trump also suggested reviving industries that have already been overhauled by automation. At the summit unveiling the Select Committee, he signed a memorandum prioritizing science and technology education.
Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Technology Officer, added that the government itself is investing in AI. He pointed out a pilot program at the General Services Administration designed to reduce the need for federal auditors and noted that the National Institute of Health is looking at how machine learning can improve cancer detection and treatment. In addition, the Pentagon is in the process of setting up an AI center of excellence, which would house and organize the nearly 600 AI-related projects underway.
How can we prepare to take advantage of the next major technological boon that is AI? MDI and BGF has created a 7- layer model through AI World Society (AIWS) and will continue to cooperate with leaders and thinkers from MIT, Google, Harvard, Brown, World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and more in our efforts to answer questions like this.
AI is increasingly essential to the security and prosperity of the world, and thus the country with the best AI definitely has several advantages economically, technologically and in terms of being a global super-power. The closer we get to mastering the creation of AI, the more we need standards for AI citizens.
The Boston Global Forum and the Michael Dukakis Institute have outlined some initial AIWS standards for AI citizens as follows:
Structure:
Their physical structure is humanoid. They have five senses: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.
They have a brain (an executive structure) which can apply logic as well as emotions.
They do not have internal organs.
They can move akin to a human. They can display emotions by smiling, crying, etc. or those such as anger, love, etc.
They must be honest, tolerant, loving, etc. They serve people, love people, and promote people’s best interests without hurting them.
Identity:
Each AI citizen has an identity differentiated by brain, physical shape, face, and an identification number.
Ethical standards:
Must meet requirements on ethics.
Cognitive functions are transparent to humans.
Each brain has the ability to be backed up and saved.
Beatriz Merino, Former Prime Minister of Peru, spoke at the BGF-G7 Summit Conference on April 25, 2018 at the Harvard University Faculty Club. She is a member of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM).
WLA-CdM and the Boston Global Forum are partnered with the Michael Dukakis Institute to collaborate and develop the AIWS initiative. The President of WLA-CdM, Ms. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, serves as Co-chair of AIWS activities and conferences along with Governor Michael Dukakis.
At BGF-G7 Summit Conference on April 25, Prof. Thomas Patterson (Harvard University) announced Distinguished Innovation Leaders in the first year of Distinguished Innovation Leader Program.
This program was announced on February 18, 2018 by the Michael Dukakis Institute. Distinguished Innovation Leader Selection Committee will honor leaders, writers, thought leaders or inventors who have great achievements in innovation, societal reform, and humanity since 1980.
The first list of Distinguished Innovation Leader was announced on May 11, including:
Political leaders who changed and innovated the world, geographic regions, or their countries
Tech business leaders who change and innovate the world
Thinkers, writers, and influentials
Innovators, inventors, scientists who change and innovate the world.
