Global Forum on Fundamental Rights in AI & Digital Societies Ends with Call for Urgent Action to build International Legal & Regulatory Frameworks to Protect

Boston-Madrid, September 9, 2021 — This week’s high-level online Policy Lab, sponsored by the Club de Madrid and Boston Global Forum, explored ideas and strategies to arrive at an International Accord on AI and Digital Rights. The forum ended today...

Global Forum on Fundamental Rights in AI & Digital Societies Highlights Central Role of United Nations Centennial Initiative

Former President of Latvia, Leading Figures from Greece, Viet Nam, International Organizations Call Attention to Growing Need for Rights Accord Boston-Madrid, September 7, 2021 — During this week’s high-level online Policy Lab to explore ideas...

In Advance of International Parley, New Book Pushes for Global Accords on Artificial Intelligence

Leading policymakers from around the world explore promise and pitfalls of new technologies Boston-Madrid, September 2, 2021. As leading policymakers from around the world prepare for a pivotal meeting on digital technologies and Artificial Intelligence,...

AIWS City Discussion: Interview of the former acting US Secretary of Commerce Cameron Kerry ahead of the Club de Madrid-BGF Policy Lab

“Inclusive discussions and inclusive structures” are key to a truly global enlightenment, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to advance our world, said Cameron Kerry, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Dean Edmonds built SNARC

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Marvin Minsky and Dean Edmonds built SNARC, the first artificial neural network, in 1951. SNARC stands for the Stochastic Neural Analog Reinforcement Calculator. It is a neural net machine, which itself...

Vietnam Spark Board meeting on September 2, 2021

To help Vietnam recover and develop economy after COVID-19 pandemic, Michael Dukakis Institute has contributed to the Vietnam Spark Plan, which encourages Vietnam to apply the Community Innovation Economy and AIWS Ecosystem. The Vietnam Spark will coordinate...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – “Computers and Thought” was published

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – in 1963 Edward Feigenbaum and Julian Feldman published Computers and Thought, a book composed of articles on Artificial Intelligence, the first of its kind. Feigenbaum and Feldman edited and wrote some...

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Frank Rosenblatt developed the Perceptron

This week in The History of AI at AIWS.net – Frank Rosenblatt developed the Perceptron in 1957. It is a form of neural network that allowed pattern-recognition. Frank Rosenblatt was an American psychologist. Born in 1928, Rosenblatt would go on...

Community Innovation Economy: equality of opportunity in the AI and Digital Age

Many worry about Big Tech’s control and domination of markets, with no opportunities for small companies and individuals, destroying innovations. The Community Innovation Economy is a significant solution for these challenges. In a society, every citizen...