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Beginning on June 4, AIWS Standards and Practice Committee will open a discussion of standards for an AI Citizen.

The Committee includes:

Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman of Boston Global Forum and Michael Dukakis Institute

Professor Nazli Choucri, MIT

Mr. Allan Cytryn, Representative of Michael Dukakis Institute in New York

Mr. Masahiro Fukuhara, Founder and CEO of IGS and GROW360, Japan

Mr. Ian Goodfellow, Research Scientist at Google

Ms. Beatriz Merino, Former Prime Minister of Peru

Mr. Tuan Anh Nguyen, Co-founder and CEO of Boston Global Forum, and Director of Michael Dukakis Institute

Professor Thomas Patterson, Harvard University

Professor Derek Reveron, U.S Naval War College

Professor John Savage, Brown University

Professor David Silbersweig, Harvard University

Professor Max Tegmark, MIT

Ms. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and Former President of Latvia

Professor Patrick Winston, MIT

Mr. Kazuo Yano, Chief Engineering of Hitachi, Japan

Attendees of the AIWS Citizens Standards discussion are world leaders, leading innovators and scholars in AI sector.

Consulate General of Greece in New England will host AIWS Roundtable in Boston, specifically AIWS Roundtable to Build the Next Generation Democracy, at the Greece Consulate General’s house on Beacon Street.

Athens is the origin of the first democratic society in human history and the home of the greatest philosophers who created the foundation of philosophy today.  Representing Athen’s long-established tradition of being the frontrunner, Mr. Stratos Efthymiou, Consulate General of Greece in Boston, met with Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of MDI, on May 30, 2018 to discuss Greece’s role in the AIWS 7-layer model. Mr. Tuan welcomed the Consulate General and confirmed his involvement in hosting the AIWS Roundtable in Boston.

On September 20, 2018 at Harvard University Faculty Club, MDI and BGF will host a conference on AIWS Citizens Ethics and Standards. Some initial AIWS standards for AI Citizens have been outlined.

The World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid, the largest forum of former democratic presidents and prime ministers who foster a democracy, will co-organize this conference. President Vaira Vike-Freiberga will co-chair with Governor Michael Dukakis.

With the help of Google, the Pentagon’s Project Maven, a drone imaging program involving using AI to identify ISIS targets, has been progressing considerably well. However, even though the role of Google in this project is still unclear, thousands of Google employees have protested against Project Maven.

At the same time, AIWS is calling for the making of an AI Peace Treaty. With more and more people realizing the ethical implications of projects involving AI, it is crucial that the world address such issues of ethics before jumping into programs that potentially weaponize AI.

AI is making remarkable progress with noticeable achievements: the creation of an AI with the purpose of foreseeing violence by scanning social media content, or combining AI with high-performance computing in the form of a new chip platform in Taiwan.

On November 22, 2017, the AI World Society (AIWS) was conceived by MDI as a way to build a social model that will make AI safe, trustworthy, transparent, and humanistic. AIWS hopes to inform people about all aspects of AI so that it can contribute to the good of society—now and well into the future.

Ángel Gurría, the Secretary-General of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) who has been leading this organization since 2006, plays an important role among the leaders who are brainstorming policies against Trump’s latest declaration to impose a steel tariff on the EU, Canada, and Mexico. On May 30, 2018 in Paris, France, an OECD ministerial council meeting with many world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron addressed this issue.

Ángel Gurría is the recipient of many awards and honors, including recognition by the French, Dutch, and Korean governments. Recently, he was honored as the World Leader in AI World Society by BGF and MDI for his leadership on AI.

On 28^th and 29^th of September, the Riga Conference 2018 will be held in Riga, Latvia by Club de Madrid and the Latvia Government.

This event is a unique venue for constructive dialogue on international security issues between leading global decision makers. At this year’s conference, amongst other things, participants will consider the EU’s role in the rise of geo-economics, security challenges in the information age and hybrid warfare, transatlantic relationship as a critical axis of global stability, relations between Russia and the West as well as prospects of Eastern Partnership countries.

The World Leadership Alliance – Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) is partnered with BGF and MDI to collaborate and develop the AIWS initiative. The President of WLA-CdM, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, serves as co-chair of AIWS activities and conferences along with Governor Michael Dukakis.

On May 25, Mr. Duong Quang Thanh – Chairman of Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN), the largest power corporation in Vietnam, had a meeting with Leaders of Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) to discuss the implementation of AIWS in EVN.

Governor Michael Dukakis led and moderated this Roundtable, alongside senior leaders from both EVN and MDI. At the present time, EVN is one of the largest enterprises in Vietnam and the leading enterprise in Vietnamese’s energy sector. In the 2016 – 2020 period, EVN is interested in developing and applying science and technology advances to corporate governance, management, the operation of the power system, etc. to achieve the vision of becoming a leading power corporation in the region. Accordingly, Mr. Duong Quang Thanh – Chairman of EVN had a meeting with Governor Michael Dukakis to discuss applying advanced technologies and implementing AIWS in the operation of EVN.

At the roundtable, on behalf of MDI, Prof. David Sibersweig presented the 7-Layer Model of AIWS and the contribution of AIWS to the G7 Summit in 2018. Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of MDI, outlined strategies for employing AIWS in EVN’s system. Some of the key strategies that MDI has suggested to EVN are: Building a Big Data System, which would operate for EVN as a Data and Decision Support Center; Building a Social Network that connects customers who use EVN’s services in Vietnam; Building a network of world-leading experts and innovators in the field of electricity who are associated with EVN and support EVN.

To EVN’s side, Chairman Duong Quang Thanh stated EVN’ objectives in AI application development and looks forward to the deployment of the AIWS Layers as well as specific solutions to help EVN flourish in AI fields. Chairman and senior leaders of EVN highly appreciated the AIWS model and solutions initiated by Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan for EVN. At the end of the meeting, Governor MD Dukakis affirmed MDI’s willingness to assist Vietnam and EVN in developing AI economies.

Chairman and senior leaders of EVN visited and had a working meeting with Governor Michael Dukakis and MDI’s leaders.

On May 25, senior leaders from MDI and EVN had a chance to meet and discuss the application of AIWS in EVN’s system. At the beginning, representatives of both organizations exchanged gifts and took group pictures. The meeting took place in an open and constructive atmosphere where both sides exchanged ideas for the development of AI, and how the AIWS might be applied in the context of EVN, in particular, and of Vietnam, in general.

AIWS (Artificial Intelligence World Society) is a set of values, ideas, concepts, and protocols for standards and norms whose goal is to advance the peaceful development of AI and technology. AIWS was conceived by the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) with the hope of improving every aspect of AI as it relates to human life, and of supporting individuals, organizations, and businesses working to promote the benefits and mitigate the risks associated with AI applications.