 The Riga Conference 2020 was a great success with final session, including panelists Baltic presidents of Finland Sauli Niinisto, Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia, Egils Levits of Latvia and Gitanas Nausėda of Lithuania. The President of European Commission stressed in her speech that “the Riga Conference has become a key of annual appointment for transatlantic relation.”
The Paper “SOCIAL CONTRACT FOR THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGE. SAFETY, SECURITY, & SUSTAINABILITY FOR AI WORLD” by Nazli Choucri, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Marc Rotenberg was published as a Policy Brief at the Riga Conference 2020.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Rīga Conference 2020 said during his speech,
“NATO 2030 has three objectives.
First, it’s about staying strong militarily.In a challenging security environment, we need to continue to invest in deterrence and defence. Not only in tanks and bullets. But also in cyber and other new capabilities.
Second, we must make NATO a stronger political Alliance. It’s not news that Allies sometimes have their differences. But NATO is the only place where North America and Europe meet every day. So it’s the best place to sit down, remember what unites us, and solve our differences together.
And third, NATO needs a more global approach. Not because we want to be a global alliance. But because so many of the challenges we face are global. Like terrorism, cyber-threats, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and of course the rise of China. So we need to work ever more closely with our partners. And with other organisations like the United Nations and the European Union, to protect our values and way of life. And to defend the global rules-based order.”
Ministers of Defense of the UK, Canada, France, Japan and the Baltic countries were speakers at the Riga Conference 2020.
In discussions with his co-panelists, the defence ministers Mr. Jüri Luik from Estonia, Dr. Artis Pabriks from Latvia, and the Rt Hon Ben Wallace from the United Kingdom, Minister Sajjan also stressed the important role defence investment can play in economic recovery. Additionally, the panel discussed how NATO members needed to stand united and move forward cohesively in order to combat the worst effects of the pandemic. Minister Sajjan highlighted the importance of integrating the concept of resilience in our national and collective defence approaches, allowing Canada and its NATO Allies to help overcome complex challenges, such as COVID-19.
Link to download
https://www.rigaconference.lv/wp-content/uploads/Social-Contract-for-the-Artificial-Intelligence-Age.pdf
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This week the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted new measures concerning the transfer of personal data to countries outside of Europe. The EDPB is the lead agency in the European Union on data protection, and was established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EDPB is composed of representatives of the national data protection authorities, and the European Data Protection Supervisor. The EDPB Recommendations follow the Schrems II decision earlier this year and could significantly influence the development of AI systems.
In announcing the Recommendations, EDPB Chair Andrea Jelinek said: “Our goal is to enable lawful transfers of personal data to third countries while guaranteeing that the data transferred is afforded a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the European Economic Area.” Dr. Jelinek added: “The implications of the Schrems II judgment extend to all transfers to third countries. Therefore, there are no quick fixes, nor a one-size-fits-all solution for all transfers, as this would be ignoring the wide diversity of situations data exporters face.”
The EDPB Recommendations require data controllers and data processors to adopt additional data protection measures to ensure “an essentially equivalent level of protection” to the data they transfer to third countries. The EDPB advises that “data exporters must proceed with due diligence and document their process thoroughly, as they will be held accountable to the decisions they take on that basis, in line with the GDPR principle of accountability.” And the EDPB warns that “data exporters should know that it may not be possible to implement sufficient supplementary measures in every case.”
In the first issue of the CAIDP Update, we reported on the Schrems II judgement and said that the privacy decision will have global consequences. In a subsequent article for the European Law Journal, we urged the United States Congress to update federal privacy law, to establish a data protection agency, and to ratify the Council of Europe Privacy Convention.
The key point is this: in the realm of privacy and AI there is significant difference between systems that rely on the collection and use of personal data and those that do not. For example, AI systems that track climate change or progress toward sustainable development goals do not generally require personal data, whereas AI systems for criminal justice assessments, hiring determinations, and facial surveillance do implicate data protection and privacy. This dichotomy is reflected also in “Data Free Flows with Trust (DFFT),” the proposal of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abu, backed by the OECD, to enable the free flow of anonymized data, aggregate data, and industrial data, but to ensure strong controls and safeguards for personal data. This distinction is critical to understand the relationship between AI and privacy.
And the Recommendation of the European Data Protection Board is a further indication that “trustworthy AI,” “human-centric AI,” and AI that advances social benefits will be based on strong data protection rules.
Marc Rotenberg, Director
Center for AI and Digital Policy at Michael Dukakis Institute
The Center for AI and Digital Policy, founded in 2020, advises governments on technology policy
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This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net - Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published an expanded edition of Perceptrons in 1988. The original book was published in 1969. The original book explored the concept of the “perceptron”, but also highlighted its limitations. The revised and expanded edition of the book added a chapter countering criticisms of the book made in the twenty years after its publication. The original Perceptrons were pessimistic in its predictions for AI, and was thought to have been a cause for the first AI winter.
Marvin Minksy was an important pioneer in the field of AI. He penned the research proposal for the Dartmouth Conference, which coined the term “Artificial Intelligence”, and he was a participant in it when it was hosted the next summer. Minsky would also co-founded the MIT AI labs, which went through different names, and the MIT Media Laboratory. In terms of popular culture, he was an adviser to Stanley Kubrick’s acclaimed movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. He won the Turing Award in 1969.
Seymour Papert was a South African-born mathematician and computer scientist. He was mainly associated with MIT for his teaching and research. He was also a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence. Papert was also a co-creator of the Logo programming language, which is used educationally.
The History of AI initiative considers this republication important because it revisited and furthered discourses on AI. The original book was also a cause for the first AI winter, a pivotal event in the history of AI. Furthermore, Marvin Minsky was one of the founders of AI. Thus, HAI sees Perceptrons (republished 1988) as meaningful in the development of Artificial Intelligence.
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Excellent computer science graduate students of LETI “ETU” started studying the AI World Society Leadership Master Program. They will study by innovative concepts: learning by practicality, practicing leadership through projects. They will be assigned readings from professors who are Board Members of Michael Dukakis Institute and Members of AIWS.net. They will attend projects and practice as young leaders at the AIWS City.
Professors of LETI will teach them AI technology. Leaders and professors of Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation will teach and develop leadership. After graduation the AIWS Leadership Master Degree, leaders and professors continue to advise them in their careers. All students of the AIWS Leadership Master Degree program in turn have to respect and commit applying the Social Contract for the AI Age and AI Ethics of Michael Dukakis Institute and bring them to communities.
Professors Mikhail Kupriyanov, First Vice-Rector, D.Sc., Professor, Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kirill Krinkin of LETI ”ETU”, Saint Petersburg, Russia Governor Michael Dukakis, Chairman, and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Director of Michael Dukakis Institute, are the leaders of this program.
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With more than 2 hours of discussion, panelists Governor Michael Dukakis, Japanese State Minister of Defense Yasuhide Nakayama, Australian Senator Kimberley Kitching, Chair, Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Ambassador P.S Raghavan, Chair of the National Security Advisory Board, India, with moderator Sandis Šrāders, Member of the Board of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation spoke about various issues relating to the Quad.
This was the first Quad Roundtable, co-organized by LATO at the Riga Conference 2020 with attendance of the President and Executive Vice-President of European Commission, Presidents of Baltic countries, Secretary General of NATO, Ministers of Defense from the UK, Canada, France, Japan, and Baltic countries.
The outcome of the Quad Roundtable is a Special Report with recommendations to President of the United Nations, PMs of Japan, Australia, and India, and also to leaders of the EU, UK, Germany, France, Canada and Latvia.
Suggestion Solutions from this Quad Roundtable:
+ Using the Social Contract for the AI Age as standards in international relations, as TCP/IP in political connection between countries, governments, and companies. Democratic governments implement the Social Contract for the AI Age.
+ Alliance between Quad and NATO to maintain world peace and security.
+ Alliance between the Quad Group and the EU in maintaining democracy values.
+ Building International Accord in AI and Digital to protect digital and AI democracy
From this Quad Roundtable, the Boston Global Forum established the Quad Roundtable Board include panelists of the Quad Roundtable at the Riga Conference 2020, and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of the Boston Global Forum. The executive team is Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Dr. Sandis Šrāders, Member of the Board of the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation, Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Professor Nazli Choucri, MIT, Board Member of the Boston Global Forum, Marc Rotenberg, Director of Center for AI and Digital Policy at Michael Dukakis Institute.
Video of the Quad Roundtable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hfThoG8L-w
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 Vietnam Investment Review- Novaland Group and Michael Dukakis Institute (MDI) for Leadership and Innovation on November 11 held an online meeting to update upcoming plans more than a month after signing a strategic partnership contract.
According to the contract, both sides will establish the Michael Dukakis Institute-Vietnam in NovaWorld Phan Thiet (Binh Thuan province) to organize leadership and creative training programs in the era of AI at NovaWorld Phan Thiet.
The programme will be taught online by professors, scholars, and leaders from the US and other member countries of the Artificial Intelligence World Society Innovation Network (AIWS.net).
At the same time, MDI will support the implementation of a series of AI World Society programmes at NovaWorld Phan Thiet such as building the world's first the History of AI house, the Vint Cerf House, the Michael Dukakis House, programmes of AI summer camps for students of all ages, and annual AIWS award events (World Leader in AIWS ).
The Michael Dukakis Institute – Vietnam will start organizing events in Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan from 2021.
According to Bui Thanh Nhon, chairman of Novaland Group, this cooperation will further increase the value of NovaWorld Phan Thiet, a new destination for the world, where people will come to live, work, relax, or travel and feel like they are living in one of the great centres and have access to the elites of the world.
“With favourable climatic conditions and natural beauty, transportation infrastructure, and facilities that meet the standards of major international events, NovaWorld Phan Thiet will make Phan Thiet an attractive and favourite destination for tourism, resorts, conferences – seminars in the world,” Nhon said at the meeting.
According to Michael Dukakis, president of MDI, the institute is ready to cooperate with Novaland to build NovaWorld Phan Thiet into an innovative centre for both technologies and culture in the AI century. “Together we can contribute to a better world,” Dukakis said.
Vin Cerf, one of the fathers of the internet believed that the cooperation between Novaland and MDI will bring benefit to all people. “I myself and many other colleagues from famous universities in the world will share information and hand over innovative ideas, as well as new and advanced solutions to Vietnam,” said Cerf.
Professor Alex Sandy Pentland from Massachusets Institute of Technology (MIT) shared his experiences on building a city with advanced infrastructure system, bringing many benefits to global communications.
“The MIT has worked with many partners from Singapore, Australia, and Taiwan to develop those countries and now we are heading for this good cooperation in Vietnam,” Pentland said.
AI is a crucial technology in Vietnam and globally, serving digital transformation, providing solutions for products and services to develop smart urban models.
Nazli Choucri from MIT also commented, “This cooperation is a testament to promoting AI development among countries around the world, that collaboration from many units will be more effective than each individual working individually. We all hope the future will reach new things that we have never experienced," Chourci said.
Apart from these key speakers, the online discussion also featured a range of other distinguished guests, including Thomas Patterson (Harvard University), Marc Rotenberg (director of the Center for AI and Digital Policy of MDI), Nguyen Anh Tuan (director of MDI, co-founder of The AI World Society Innovation Network – AIWS.net), John Quelch (Harvard Business School, co-founder of Boston Global Forum), as well as leaders from Novaland Group and leaders of the Binh Thuan Provincial Party Committee.
NovaWorld Phan Thiet has a strategic location in Phan Thiet city, Binh Thuan province – a famous region for its blue seas, white sand, golden sunshine, and stable year-round climate. The project is conveniently connected to Ho Chi Minh City, a massive metropolis of 15 million people, and other big cities via international airports, seaports, railways, and highways.
Across 1,000 hectares with 7km of coastline, McKinsey-consulted NovaWorld Phan Thiet is set to become an attractive destination of premier resorts, shopping malls, dining, entertainment, as well as education, health, and sports. The project master plan was created by leading design consultants including Aedas and Nikken Sekkei.
With a total investment of nearly $5 billion, NovaWorld Phan Thiet has hundreds of outstanding facilities.
Being one of the first-ever megaprojects applying AI technology in Vietnam, NovaWorld will host a long list of international events all year round such as golf tournaments, professional tennis tournaments, Olympic sports competitions, kite surfing, beauty contests, fashion, music festivals, and more.
Tournaments and events will take place continuously, creating a bustling, fantastic environment and ensuring that NovaWorld Phan Thiet is an exciting and attractive destination, a remarkable take on Novaland Group’s mission: creating "destinations"
The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation was founded and is led by Michael Dukakis, with the participation of top professors from Harvard University and MIT.
Governor Michael Dukakis and leaders of MDI will support Novaland to build NovaWorld Phan Thiet to become a bright spot of technological and cultural innovation in the AI era; a gathering place for leaders, innovators, and the elite of the world.
This will link NovaWorld Phan Thiet to AIWS City and AIWS University and make NovaWorld Phan Thiet a destination for the AI community around the world.
Novaland Group has been a leading, prestigious brand in the property investment and development industry in Vietnam during the past 28 years.
The group’s total landbank is approximately 5,000ha, which is used for three key product suites, including real estate in central Ho Chi Minh City, satellite urban areas in Dong Nai province, and second-home projects and integrated resorts in major tourism destination provinces.
Novaland is willing to cooperate with world-class professional advisors and management companies to promote sustainable tourism development in accordance with the National Tourism Development Strategy, build smart ecological urban cities and high-class tourist destinations, and contribute to Vietnam’s imprint on the world tourism map.
https://www.vir.com.vn/novaland-cooperates-with-michael-dukakis-institute-to-add-ai-to-novaworld-phan-thiet-80687.html
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