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BGF Weekly: Reflections on Peace for Gaza

BGF Weekly: Reflections on Peace for Gaza

The situation in the Gaza Strip remains a profound test of global leadership, humanitarian values and the potential for ethical governance in the AI Age. As hostilities ease and diplomatic initiatives advance, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) offers this reflection: how...

AI And Consciousness: Could It Become ‘Human’?

AI And Consciousness: Could It Become ‘Human’?

We have human-sounding AI technology that responds to customer service calls and helps customers navigate the issues they face. We have smart assistants that wake their users up on time, share information about the weather outside and report on the latest news. We...

Discussing the name for a new society in 2045: Intellectual Society

Discussing the name for a new society in 2045: Intellectual Society

While writing a proposal for the Democratic Alliance on Digital Governance (DADG) and developing the Social Contract 2020, I conceived an idea: to upgrade civil society to intellectual society. Father of Internet, Vint Cerf, who was honored as a World Leader in AI...

COVID-19 Could Bring Bias in AI to Pandemic Level Crisis

COVID-19 Could Bring Bias in AI to Pandemic Level Crisis

During the COVID-19 pandemic, artificial intelligence (AI) has become a trusted ally and partner in our daily lives. While there are countless benefits of AI, embedded bias could be determining who keeps their job, what news we see – even who lives or dies – without...

It’s Called Artificial Intelligence — but What Is Intelligence?

It’s Called Artificial Intelligence — but What Is Intelligence?

A cognitive psychologist at Harvard, has spent her career testing the world’s most sophisticated learning system—the mind of a baby. Gurgling infants might seem like no match for artificial intelligence. They are terrible at labeling images, hopeless at mining text,...