by BGF | Mar 11, 2019 | News
“I’m not saying that it is not the fact,” Abe said, adding that the US President had been working to curb North Korea’s nuclear and missile development and that he “highly” appreciated his leadership.
“I’ll continue to (offer) my utmost cooperation to President Trump to solve the North Korean nuclear and missile issues and the abduction issue, which is the most important … for Japan,”
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, and quoted by news from CNN.
Boston Global Forum honored Prime Minister as World Leader for Peace and Cybersecurity Award at Global Cybersecurity Day, December 12, 2015 at Harvard University Faculty Club in Cambridge, MA. At this event, Prime Minister Abe sent a video of the acceptance speech, confirming and committing Japan Government to make the cyberspace safe.
by BGF | Mar 11, 2019 | Highlights
China has been making a lot of waves on the media about its AI endeavors. The country is determined to build a global AI empire and seed the tech ecosystem of the future.
Not so fast.
President Trump signed an executive order last month to launch the US government’s AI strategy, called the American AI Initiative.
Last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) showcased nine ambitious projects as part of the AI Next initiative, a new five-year, $2 billion plan to bring about new advances in AI.
“We are harvesting the intellectual fruit that was planted decades ago,” says John Everett, deputy director of DARPA’s Information Innovation Office. “That’s why we’re looking at far forward challenges—challenges that might not come to fruition for a decade.”
China is thriving in AI because of an abundance of data. DARPA’s initiative is designed to keep the US ahead with the invention of the next big ideas. This AI war, if kept healthy, will shape our society in the future in a great way.
Going for and implementing “out-there” disruptive ideas is also what we have been doing with AIWS. AIWS is taking the lead in the policy space toward building a world society, where AI not only helps with advanced technologies, but also serves and strengthens democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
by BGF | Mar 4, 2019 | News
Given the foreseeable pervasiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern societies, it is legitimate and necessary to ask the question how this new technology must be shaped to support the maintenance and strengthening of constitutional democracy.
One side is negative:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/613010/why-ai-is-a-threat-to-democracyand-what-we-can-do-to-stop-it/
One side is positive:
https://medium.com/s/story/what-would-more-democratic-a-i-look-like-ea729f5f7b0a
Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation create AI World Society Initiative (AIWS)-G7 Summit Initiative will limited threats to democracy, and will make new model of democracy, make a better democracy. We will announce AIWS-G7 Summit Initiative on April 25, 2019, at the AIWS-G7 Summit Conference at Loeb House, Harvard University.
by BGF | Mar 4, 2019 | News
“I really believe in the future of space, and I think it’s important that we become a space-faring civilization and get out there among the stars,” Eron Musk said in a post-launch press conference after the successful launch of Drew Dragon, his company’s first capsule built to fly astronauts.
Early Saturday morning, March 2nd at 2:49AM EST, SpaceX launched its first Crew Dragon on a Falcon 9 rocket, sending the spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). It is currently chasing the ISS and will arrive at the orbiting lab early Sunday (March 3rd) for docking trials. The craft will return home on March 8th, off the coast of Florida.
It has been 17 years trying, and today’s launch proved a huge success for SpaceX. The spaceship is carrying, still, a stuffed toy pretending an astronaut. Musk is hopeful that the data obtained from the mission will help determine whether the crew module is ready to launch with people on board this July. And he would be happy to be a passenger one day soon.
AI World Society (AIWS) congratulates Elon Musk and SpaceX. SpaceX shows a very effective model via fast initiative and low cost. Boston Global Forum also are building the AI World Society – G7 Summit Initiative with a new model for society using deep applied AI, with more effectiveness, low cost, and fast initiative.
by BGF | Mar 4, 2019 | News
Autonomous vehicles are here, and they are here to stay. Most of the major automotive manufacturers (General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, Tesla, Volvo, and BMW) are actively exploring autonomous-vehicle programs and conducting extensive on-road testing.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a major focus for autonomous-vehicle testing and development, and the vehicles are applying AI—a collection of discrete technologies—in new and innovative ways. Deep learning, which mimics neuron activity, supports functions like voice and speech recognition, voice search, image recognition and processing, motion detection, and data analysis. Working together, these functions help the vehicles recognize pedestrian traffic, other vehicles on the road, and traffic signals, and adhere to mapped-out routes. Another research report forecasts that the automotive AI market will reach more than $10.5 billion by 2025.
According to AI World Society (AIWS), AI is a key enabled technology for autonomous-driving and people safety. In AIWS Ethics report, it also mentioned at least nine bills that relate to autonomous driving, including The SELF DRIVE ACT, which establishes the federal role in ensuring the safety of highly automated vehicles by encouraging the testing and deployment of such vehicles. The US Department of Transportation must require safety assessment certifications for the development of a highly automated vehicle or an automated driving system.
