by BGF | Mar 18, 2019 | News
On March 13 2019, a computer science research group from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Intel has mathematically proven that artificial intelligence (AI) can help us understand quantum physics phenomena. The results have been published in Physical Review Letters.
The team showed that algorithms based on deep neural networks – algorithms that have revolutionized AI – can be applied to the world of quantum physics. In particular, the redundancy of information that happens in two of the most successful neural network types, convolutional neural nets (CNNs) and recurrent neural networks (RNNs), makes all the difference. These algorithms, which have already endowed computers with facial- and voice-recognition capabilities, will now be able to refine our understanding of the quantum behavior of nature.
It is an innovative finding, which “can help bring quantum many-body physics and state-of-the-art machine learning approaches one step closer together.” This breakthrough work has shown that AI could achieve great success on many tasks including quantum physics, which have been highlighted and promoted by AI World Society (AIWS) on the AI development in term of data sets and algorithms for social impact and technology advancement.
by BGF | Mar 18, 2019 | News
A three-day celebration event this week for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing put the focus on the Institute’s new role in helping society navigate a promising yet challenging future for artificial intelligence (AI), as it seeps into nearly all aspects of society.
Kicking off the day’s events, MIT President, Rafael Reif said the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing will train students in an interdisciplinary approach to AI. It will also train them to take a step back and weigh potential downsides of AI, which is poised to disrupt “every sector of our society.”
In opening remarks, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker gave MIT “enormous credit” for focusing its research and education on the positive and negative impact of AI. “Having a place like MIT… think about the whole picture in respect to what this is going to mean for individuals, businesses, governments, and society is a gift.”
This MIT event remarked the importance of AI with our society, which was established as AI World Society (AIWS) by Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI). AIWS has also been expanded and supported by G7 and OECD countries, and it will be announced in AIWS Summit conference 2019.
by BGF | Mar 17, 2019 | News
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has quickly made the transition from future technology to one that surrounds us in our everyday lives. AI is being built into the products and services we use each day to transform our lives for the better but we will know how this emerging technology affect the future of work.
To understand the growing role AI is playing in the lives of both businesses and consumers, Jeff Wong, Ernst & Young (EY) Global Chief Innovation Officer, has elaborated important points as follows:
AI has sa ignificant ability to improve efficiency- doing things faster and with more accuracy. In particular, AI saved 2.1 million hours of people’s time by automating repetitive tasks. He also stressed out the obligation of leaders of companies and governments around the world to invest in their communities and workforces to make sure that all people are developing skills that will enable them to evolve and grow with the AI change. It is strongly aligned with AIWS government and Practices Index for AI Ethics, which has been developed by Michael Dukakis Institute (MDI) to promote government’s AI activities for human values and constructive use of AI.
by BGF | Mar 17, 2019 | News
Professor Joseph Nye, member Boston Global Forum’s Board of Thinkers, has thoughts about Populism on Project-Syndicate:
Strong support for immigration and globalization in the US sits uneasily with the view that “populism” is a problem. In fact, the term remains vague and explains too little – particularly now, when support for the political forces it attempts to describe seems to be on the wane.
AI World Society-G7 Summit Initiative will conceive ideas about applying AI to solve populism and to make a better society with deeply applied AI.
by BGF | Mar 17, 2019 | Highlights
In our AIWS Weekly newsletter last week, we discussed DARPA’s efforts in keeping the US ahead in AI Technology. This week, we take a look at the race between the US and China from the perspective of AI research output.
A new analysis by the Allen institute for AI shows that China’s AI research publications are rapidly increasing and “the two nations will produce an equal share of top AI publications by 2020”. It is not by coincidence that the Chinese government announced in 2017 a new AI strategy that aims to rival the US by 2020. Similar to DARPA’s playing a key role in the US’s evolving AI strategy, China’s defense ministry is also investing deeply in AI innovation, according to a study by the Center for a New American Security.
Quantity does not always come with quality. The quality of a research publication depends on its citation count and publication venue. On the citation count, the data from the Allen Institute’s aforementioned analysis shows that AI research output from China has improved sharply; a jump from less than 5% in 2000 to almost 30% in 2017 in the share of the top 10% most-cited AI research publications. The US share decreased slowly from 40% to 30% during the same period.
However, given the size of China, it would be interesting to know if the citation data takes into account citations by authors from the same country. Issues have been raised about Chinese research institutions’ reputation for low quality and even fraudulent publications.
Anytime it comes to ethics, whether it is about publishing AI research or developing AI products, it is a serious issue because of the highly potential impact of AI in the future. The AI World Society (AIWS) puts AI ethics as a focus of many of the organization’s works. Last year, we produced a set of Ethical Frameworks for AI Norms and Standards, towards building a social model that will make Artificial Intelligence (AI) safe, trustworthy, transparent, and humanistic.
On the other hand, we cannot wait until the quality of China’s AI research output is verified. “The US government needs to do more to support AI research”, said Oren Etzioni, CEO of the Allen Institute for AI.
