2025 International Seminar of the Korean Social Science Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Distinguished associates, esteemed individuals,
It is an advantage to join you essentially for this important event of the Oriental Social Scientific Research Research Council, and I am honoured to add to your timely representations on the future of governance in an age defined by AI makeover.
Expert system is reshaping not only our markets, however our cultures and public establishments. It is reconfiguring how public decisions are made, just how services are supplied, and just how citizens engage with their federal governments. This is a turning point for democracies. We are experiencing a considerable shift: from responsive administrations to awaiting governance; from top-down frameworks to vibrant, data-informed ecological communities.
AI enables federal governments to supply services much more successfully through automation, predictive analytics, and customised involvement. In locations like medical care, public transport, and social welfare, public organizations are already harnessing AI-enabled devices to prepare for needs, minimize costs, and enhance results. Here in Japan, where our UNU headquarters are based, artificial intelligence is currently being utilized to evaluate countless government jobs, boosting functional performance and solution delivery. [1]
This is greater than just a technical shift. It has profound political and ethical ramifications, raising immediate inquiries concerning equity, transparency, and accountability. While AI holds remarkable promise, we must not lose sight of the threats. Algorithmic predisposition can reinforce discrimination. Monitoring technologies may endanger civil liberties. And an absence of oversight can lead to the disintegration of public depend on. As we digitise the state, we must not digitise oppression.
In reaction, the United Nations has actually accelerated initiatives to construct an international governance design for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, developed by the Secretary-General, is working to attend to the worldwide governance shortage and advertise principles that centre human rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, recommended via the Pact for the Future, lays the foundation for an inclusive digital order– one that mirrors shared worths and worldwide collaboration.
At the United Nations College, we sustain this makeover with extensive, policy-relevant research study. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is taking a look at just how AI can progress lasting growth while making certain nobody is left behind. From electronic incorporation and disaster resilience to honest AI implementation in ecological administration and public health and wellness, our work seeks to make certain that AI serves the global great.
However, the administration of artificial intelligence can not hinge on the shoulders of international organisations alone. Structure honest and comprehensive AI systems calls for much deeper cooperation across all industries, uniting academic community, governments, the private sector, and civil culture. It is just through interdisciplinary partnership, global collaborations, and sustained dialogue that we can develop administration frameworks that are not just efficient, but reputable and future-proof.
Conferences like this one play an essential function in that endeavour, aiding us to construct bridges throughout boundaries and cultivate the count on and cooperation that ethical AI governance needs. In words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not standing still– neither can we. Allow us move for an AI that is shaped among humankind, for every one of humanity.”
Let us keep in mind: modern technology forms power, however governance forms justice. Our job is not simply to govern AI, yet to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can construct public organizations that are more dexterous, inclusive, and durable. I hope that this seminar will cultivate purposeful dialogue and brand-new partnerships because endeavour.
Thanks.
[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Japan-turns-to-AI-for-help-in-analyzing- 5 – 000 -government-projects