2025 International Conference of the Oriental Social Scientific Research Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Differentiated coworkers, renowned participants,
It is an advantage to join you basically for this essential event of the Korean Social Scientific Research Research Council, and I am honoured to add to your prompt reflections on the future of administration in a period specified by AI improvement.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping not only our industries, but our societies and public organizations. It is reconfiguring how public choices are made, exactly how services are provided, and just how people engage with their governments. This is a pivotal moment for democracies. We are witnessing a considerable change: from responsive administrations to awaiting administration; from top-down frameworks to vibrant, data-informed ecological communities.
AI makes it possible for governments to supply services much more efficiently through automation, predictive analytics, and personal engagement. In locations like health care, public transportation, and social welfare, public establishments are currently harnessing AI-enabled devices to anticipate requirements, lower costs, and improve outcomes. Below in Japan, where our UNU headquarters are based, artificial intelligence is already being used to evaluate thousands of federal government projects, boosting functional effectiveness and service delivery. [1]
This is more than simply a technical change. It has profound political and moral implications, raising immediate questions concerning equity, openness, and responsibility. While AI holds remarkable guarantee, we must not forget the dangers. Mathematical bias can enhance discrimination. Monitoring innovations may endanger constitutional freedoms. And an absence of oversight can cause the disintegration of public count on. As we digitise the state, we should not digitise oppression.
In action, the United Nations has actually increased initiatives to build an international governance architecture for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, established by the Secretary-General, is functioning to deal with the worldwide governance shortage and promote concepts that centre human rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, supported with the Pact for the Future, lays the foundation for a comprehensive electronic order– one that shows shared values and international collaboration.
At the United Nations College, we sustain this makeover via strenuous, policy-relevant research study. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is checking out just how AI can advance sustainable advancement while making certain nobody is left. From electronic addition and disaster durability to moral AI implementation in ecological administration and public wellness, our job looks for to ensure that AI serves the worldwide excellent.
However, the governance of expert system can not rest on the shoulders of international organisations alone. Structure honest and inclusive AI systems calls for much deeper teamwork throughout all industries, bringing together academic community, federal governments, the private sector, and civil society. It is only with interdisciplinary partnership, international collaborations, and continual discussion that we can create governance frameworks that are not just effective, however legitimate and future-proof.
Meetings such as this one play an essential duty in that effort, helping us to build bridges across boundaries and cultivate the trust fund and cooperation that ethical AI governance demands. In words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not standing still– neither can we. Let us propose an AI that is formed by all of humanity, for every one of humankind.”
Allow us bear in mind: modern technology shapes power, yet administration shapes justice. Our job is not merely to control AI, yet to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can develop public institutions that are more dexterous, comprehensive, and resilient. I wish that this seminar will cultivate purposeful dialogue and new partnerships in that endeavour.
Thank you.
[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Japan-turns-to-AI-for-help-in-analyzing- 5 – 000 -government-projects