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Judea Pearl: My ideas would cause a revolution at No 10

Dominic Cummings has promised to revolutionise the civil service. On his much-discussed and semi-comprehensible blog, Boris Johnson’s consigliere has put out the word: out with the smug Oxbridge mandarins, in with the brilliant weirdos, misfits, data dorks and software gurus. Those hoping to join Cummings’s Whitehall brains trust are firmly encouraged to familiarise themselves with the work of one Judea Pearl, an Israeli-American computer scientist. Cummings has blogged repeatedly about Pearl, calling him “one of the most important scholars in the field of causal reasoning”. This is a rare understatement: the 83-year-old is closer to a pioneer. “I commend him for reading my book. He has good judgment,” says Pearl in a...

The AI Chronicle and AIWS House start today, June 6, 2020

The Social Contract 2020, A New Social Contract in the Age of AI, sets the foundation for a...

Alex Pentland spoke at the launching of the Proseprity Collaborative, a Coalition of the World Bank, EY, MIT, New America, and Michael Dukakis Institute

On May 27, Professor Alex Pentland, Director of MIT Connection Science, co-founder of AIWS.net,...

Is AI Our Final Invention?

The future of artificial intelligence can be either exciting or worrisome depending on who you talk...

Artificial General Intelligence – What Does It Mean And Should We Be Worried About It?

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) - a hypothetical machine capable of any and all of the...

Professor Judea Pearl and 2-year anniversary of “The Book of Why”

On May 20, 2018, “The Book of Why” by professor Judea Pearl was published. Governor Michael...

NYU researchers built an AI tool to predict severe cases of COVID-19

COVID-19 doesn’t create cookie-cutter infections. Some people have extremely mild cases while...

What AI still can’t do

Artificial intelligence won’t be very smart if computers don’t grasp cause and effect. That’s...

Japan joins calls for probe into WHO’s coronavirus response

The WHO has been accused by U.S. and allies of turning a blind eye while China withheld...

Professor Nazli Choucri: “The Social Contract 2020 is TCP/IP for political and social connection.”

At AIWS Roundtable May 12, 2020 co-organized by World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and Boston...

AI application launched for COVID-19 pneumonia detection

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) application identifies anomalies in the lungs and assists in...

AI Can Help To Inform Coronavirus Policy

An Interview with Dr. Deborah Duong, Director for AI Development at Rejuve. Dr. Duong says,...

Co-founder of AIWS.net Nguyen Anh Tuan: “The History of Artificial Intelligence: looking back at history to shape the future”

The Social Contract 2020 sets the foundation for a new historical chapter: the emergence of AI...

Club de Madrid and Boston Global Forum co-organize the AIWS Roundtable – A New Social Contract in the Age of AI: Protection of Privacy Rights in the Times of COVID-19

On May 5, the Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute announced the Framework for the...