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Globally, there has been a concession on transparency and the need for algorithmic audits.
Digital India Act
The IT Act 2000 oversees almost every facet of online activities. When the laws were first introduced, social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter did not exist. Technologies such as AI and ML were not as famous as today.
However, a lot has changed in the last 22 years. Fast-paced technological changes with the advent of AI and ML have made it critically important for the regulatory framework to be more specific and effective.
However, much progress has been made in this regard in different parts of the world. Most recently, the European Parliament recently voted in favour of the Digital Services Act (DSA). By doing so, the EU became the first jurisdiction in the world to set a comprehensive standard for regulating digital space. The new legislation could force these firms to share their algorithm with not just the regulators but with the users as well.
https://analyticsindiamag.com/indian-govts-new-it-laws-to-disrupt-social-media-platforms/
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) was established through a collaboration of the Boston Global Forum and World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid at the Policy Lab on September 7-9, 2021.
GADG will:
- Coordinate resources: governments, international organizations, corporations, think tanks, civil society, and influencers for AI and a digital sphere for good, to make these resources more effective, to synthesize and maximize their impact, and to create more implementation-oriented conferences.
- Protect fundamental values and standards proposed in Social Contract for the AI Age, in AI International Accord and in the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
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This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman published Computers and Thought, a book composed of articles on Artificial Intelligence, the first of its kind, in 1963. Feigenbaum and Feldman edited and wrote some of the articles but they were not the the only contributors. Computers and Thought includes 20 articles from notable AI pioneers such as Alan Turing, Marvin Minsky, Allan Newell, Herbert Simon, and others.
Edward Feigenbaum is an American computer scientist focused on Artificial Intelligence. He studied at Carnegie Mellon University for both his B.S. and Ph.D., with Herbert Simon, an AI pioneer, as his doctoral advisor. He would go on to work at UC Berkeley and Stanford, the latter where he became Professor Emeritus of Computer Science (since 2000). Feigenbaum received the ACM Turing Award in 1994 with Raj Reddy for pioneering in AI and demonstrating its commercial potential.
Julian Feldman is an American computer scientist with an eye on Artificial Intelligence. Feldman studied at the University of Chicago for his undergrad; received an M.A. in political science; before going to Carnegie Mellon’s Graduate School of Industrial Administration for his Ph.D. He held a tenured position at UC Berkeley, before leaving it to help build UC Irvine, where he would create its Information and Computer Sciences department, the first ICS school in the UC system. Feldman also wrote papers and articles on connectionism, a fairly contentious topic within AI and computer science.
The HAI Initiative considers this book an important event in the history of AI due to its culmination of various thoughts on AI from its pioneers. Feigenbaum and Feldman themselves are also notable figures in the development of artificial intelligence.
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In our newsletter last week, Sarah Grand-Clément explored the role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring and verification. Today Kyrre Berland looks at its contribution to the art and practice of diplomacy itself, noting "while the United Nations seeks to democratize access to new technologies, and governments to address issues such as technology gaps, technology companies cannot absolve themselves of the ethical implications that lie in emerging technologies."
https://medium.com/futuring-peace/what-ai-and-new-technologies-can-do-for-diplomacy-4066dec36138
AIWS.net includes news reports, analysis and reflections by distinguished thinkers and innovators supporting innovations and solutions for “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment” and the United Nations Centennial initiative, looking at how the world might be in 2045 when the global organization completes a hundred year.
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From August 9, 2022, the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security will start High Level Dialogues for solutions for peace and security in the Age of Global Enlightenment.
Boston Global Forum leaders such as Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO, Harvard Professor Thomas Patterson, Board Member, MIT Professor Nazli Choucri, Board Member, and world leaders such as Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Former Japanese State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama, Former Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Former Bosnia-Herzegovina Prime Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija, and Former World Bank Vice President Mats Karlsson will join and discuss.
We encourage people to send questions and ideas for this first Shinzo Abe Initiative discussion. Please your email to Office@BostonGlobalForum.org
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THE GLOBAL ENLIGHTENMENT CLUB CONTRIBUTES TO BUILDING CULTURE VALUES IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL ENLIGHTENMENT
The Global Enlightenment Club, an organization of millionaires, billionaires, and business leaders will contribute to create cultural events for the Age of Global Enlightenment.
On special occasions, Boston Global Forum will collaborate with the Global Enlightenment Club to organize distinguished culture events to support principles and concepts of the Age of Global Enlightenment – the United Nations Centennial Initiative.
The Global Enlightenment Club is a part of AIWS City, a distinguished city that combines digital and real to practice concepts of the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment, co-authored by world leaders such as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Governor Michael Dukakis, and distinguished thinkers such as father of Internet Vint Cerf, father of soft power theory Joseph Nye, and professor Alex Pentland.
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