Governor Michael Dukakis, co-founder and chairman of the Boston Global Forum, co-founder of the Social Contract 2020, will moderate the AI World Society Conference, with the theme “A Proposed Social Contract 2020, Regarding Rules and International Laws for AI and Internet.”
Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland, who directs the MIT Connection Science and Human Dynamics labs, co-founder of the Social Contract 2020, noted as one of the “7 most powerful data scientists in the world” alongside the founders of Google and the Chief Technical Officer of the United States, will be the keynote speaker. He will present the concepts of the Social Contract 2020. Dr. Paul Nemitz, Principal Adviser, Directorate General for Justice and Consumers, the European Commission, a member of AI World Society Standards and Practice Committee, will present the Rules and International Laws of AI World Society. Professor Christo Wilson, Harvard Law School Fellow, and Michael Dukakis Leadership Fellow, will present Solutions for AI Transparency.
Other leading global thinkers and leaders will join and discuss at the conference, which will be take place at Harvard University Faculty Club on September 23, 2019.
The extent to which governments and corporations succeed in amassing and using relevant data –the means of production of AI– is set to alter the global economy and the balance of power between states, markets and civil society. The rise of AI is reshaping the geopolitical and societal orders in ways researchers are only beginning to examine.
The use of AI may pose a challenge to democracy, but, if handled correctly, it can also bring more and better democracy. Democratic governments simply cannot afford to lag behind; they must govern the digital game before it governs us all. “The digital is political” and therefore requires a political response: How can we anticipate the fast-changing world of AI and reap the benefits while countering the risks it poses to democracies?
Discussions and matters from this conference will be introduced at the World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid Conference in Madrid, October 2019.