AIWS Government 24/7 and Boston Areti AI (BAI): Envisioning how AI might best Transform Governance

Michael Dukakis, Elisabeth Moreno, Yasuhide Nakayama

With advisory guidance by Alex Pentland, Tuan Anh Nguyen

Boston, December 12, 2024 

Abstract
The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents unprecedented opportunities to transform governance and essential public services. However most discussions have focused on one aspect of AI or one aspect of governance.  What has been missing is a wholistic picture of how we might transform government for the better by using AI to augment human judgement.

This paper attempts to outline what a positive future might look like, by proposing a AIWS (Artificial Intelligence World Society) Government model, envisioning a continuously operating national government enhanced by AI and aligned with AIWS principles. This model introduces ideas for how governments can transform governance in the Age of AI. We also propose the Boston Areti AI (BAI), an AI agent designed to assist leaders, learn from extraordinary leaders and influential individuals, improve year by year, and preserve their legacies. The AIWS Government model aims to create a principled, transparent, and citizen-centric governance system that operates every hour of every day, with no holidays, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery.

Crucially, this model does not require staff reductions; instead, it envisions reorganizing employees into shifts supported by AI agents, enabling continuous operation and enhanced efficiency. Over time, we expect that the system will be refined, by recognizing unintended consequences, by integrating new data and solutions, and adapting to changing societal needs. This paper outlines a vision of AIWS Government, integrates BAI within it, and begins to explore the potential benefits, challenges, and ethical considerations of implementation. Alongside governance, we imaging forming AIWS Universities and AIWS Healthcare in order to illustrate how the AIWS framework can inspire comprehensive reforms in education and healthcare. Together, these concepts envision how governments can ethically and effectively embrace AI, fostering innovation, public trust, and a better quality of life.

We call on technical communities to join us in refining and realizing these ideas

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