2025 International Seminar of the Oriental Social Scientific Research Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Differentiated associates, well-regarded individuals,
It is a benefit to join you essentially for this vital celebration of the Korean Social Science Research Council, and I am honoured to contribute to your timely representations on the future of administration in an era specified by AI improvement.
Artificial intelligence is improving not only our industries, however our societies and public institutions. It is reconfiguring how public decisions are made, exactly how solutions are supplied, and how citizens engage with their federal governments. This is a pivotal moment for freedoms. We are seeing a substantial shift: from reactive administrations to anticipatory governance; from top-down frameworks to dynamic, data-informed communities.
AI enables governments to supply services extra efficiently via automation, predictive analytics, and customised involvement. In locations like health care, public transport, and social well-being, public institutions are currently using AI-enabled devices to expect requirements, decrease prices, and enhance end results. Below in Japan, where our UNU head office are based, expert system is already being made use of to analyse countless federal government jobs, enhancing functional performance and service delivery. [1]
This is greater than simply a technological shift. It has profound political and honest implications, raising urgent inquiries regarding equity, transparency, and liability. While AI holds significant assurance, we have to not forget the threats. Algorithmic bias can reinforce discrimination. Security modern technologies may endanger constitutionals rights. And an absence of oversight can result in the erosion of public count on. As we digitise the state, we must not digitise injustice.
In response, the United Nations has accelerated efforts to construct an international governance architecture for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, established by the Secretary-General, is functioning to deal with the international governance shortage and advertise concepts that centre human rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, supported with the Pact for the Future, lays the structure for an inclusive electronic order– one that shows shared worths and worldwide participation.
At the United Nations University, we support this makeover through strenuous, policy-relevant study. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is taking a look at exactly how AI can advance lasting advancement while making certain no person is left. From electronic addition and disaster resilience to moral AI implementation in environmental governance and public wellness, our job seeks to ensure that AI serves the worldwide excellent.
Nevertheless, the administration of artificial intelligence can not hinge on the shoulders of worldwide organisations alone. Building honest and inclusive AI systems needs much deeper cooperation throughout all sectors, bringing together academia, governments, the economic sector, and civil culture. It is just through interdisciplinary partnership, international partnerships, and continual dialogue that we can establish administration frameworks that are not only efficient, but legitimate and future-proof.
Conferences like this one play an important duty in that endeavour, helping us to develop bridges throughout borders and promote the trust and participation that moral AI administration demands. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not standing still– neither can we. Allow us move for an AI that is formed among humanity, for every one of mankind.”
Allow us keep in mind: innovation forms power, however governance shapes justice. Our job is not simply to control AI, however to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can build public organizations that are extra dexterous, comprehensive, and durable. I hope that this meeting will certainly cultivate meaningful dialogue and brand-new collaborations because effort.
Thanks.
[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Japan-turns-to-AI-for-help-in-analyzing- 5 – 000 -government-projects