Overall Vision Like human beings, the life of all other living beings on Earth deserves respect. A well-maintained biodiversity is essential for a living planet, and is the basis for the survival and development of humanity. Protecting biodiversity contributes to the viability of Earth, and promotes the harmonious coexistence and sustainable development of human beings … Continue reading Principles on Artificial Intelligence for Biodiversity Conservation →

The Principles on AI for Climate Actions was published under the support of partner institutes and organizations distributed in many countries and regions. The original text can be accessed here: https://ai-for-sdgs.academy/principles-on-ai-for-climate-action Here we provide some quotations from partner institutes and organizations on their understanding and contribution to the principles. Yi Zeng, Lead author of the … Continue reading What they say about Principles on AI for Climate Actions →

Addressing global climate change is essential for the sustainable future of humanity and ecology. The stakeholders of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Science and Technology should deeply collaborate with stakeholders of climate change and ecosystems to contribute to the implementation of the global climate agenda, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the … Continue reading Principles on AI for Climate Action →

Frontiers in Neuromorphic Engineering recently published a paper from Prof. Yi Zeng's interdisciplinary team on Brain-inspired AI and AI Ethics, titled "A Brain-Inspired Theory of Mind Spiking Neural Network for Reducing Safety Risks of Other Agents". The main objective of this paper is to introduce Theory of Mind (or Cognitive Empathy) to Brain-inspired AI models … Continue reading AI with Cognitive Empathy for Reducing Safety Risks of Others →

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a report titled "WHO Guidance on the Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health", on 28 June 2021. It is the result of 2 years of consultations held by the WHO Expert Group on Ethics and Governance of AI for Health. During the release meeting held by WHO, Dr Tedros … Continue reading WHO Guidance on Ethics and Governance of AI for Health →

The official release of the Opinions on Strengthening the Ethics and Governance of Science and Technology is of great strategic significance to the steady development of China's science and technology. Science and technology ethics seems to come from the intersection of science and technology and ethics, but it should become the basis of modern science … Continue reading Deep Coordination among Development, Ethics, and Governance of Science and Technology →

In recent days, the Central Office of the Communist Party of China and the Office of the State Council have issued an Opinion on Strengthening the Ethics and Governance of Science and Technology, and issued a circular requiring all national and reginal ministries, departments to implement it carefully into practice. The original Chinese version is … Continue reading Opinion on Strengthening the Ethics and Governance in Science and Technology [China] →

The UNESCO Recommendation on AI Ethics is the first global recommendation on AI Ethics agreed by all the 193 member states during the 41st UNESCO General Conference at the end of 2021. With efforts from the Ad Hoc Expert Group, the UNESCO secretariate, reginal and intergovernmental consultations and negotiations, etc., the recommendation is a world … Continue reading Supporting the Implementation of UNESCO Recommendation on AI Ethics →

Realizing global sustainable AI development requires international cooperation on AI infrastructures, ethical and governance frameworks and mechanisms of interactions and coordination, especially taking into account different cultural perspectives. Currently, there are many obstacles to achieving this goal, such as relatively lower interests to appreciate differences in cultures and values, distrust between cultures and coordination challenges … Continue reading Cross-Cultural Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence →