2025 International Conference of the Korean Social Science Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Differentiated associates, well-regarded individuals,
It is an opportunity to join you basically for this important event of the Oriental Social Science Research Study Council, and I am honoured to add to your prompt representations on the future of administration in an era specified by AI transformation.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping not only our industries, yet our cultures and public organizations. It is reconfiguring how public choices are made, exactly how solutions are supplied, and how people engage with their federal governments. This is a zero hour for freedoms. We are observing a significant shift: from responsive bureaucracies to awaiting administration; from top-down structures to dynamic, data-informed ecological communities.
AI makes it possible for federal governments to deliver services much more successfully through automation, predictive analytics, and personalised involvement. In areas like medical care, public transportation, and social well-being, public organizations are currently utilizing AI-enabled tools to expect requirements, reduce costs, and boost outcomes. Below in Japan, where our UNU headquarters are based, artificial intelligence is currently being made use of to analyse countless government projects, improving operational effectiveness and service shipment. [1]
This is greater than simply a technological change. It has extensive political and ethical effects, raising immediate concerns about equity, transparency, and accountability. While AI holds remarkable pledge, we need to not lose sight of the risks. Algorithmic predisposition can reinforce discrimination. Surveillance modern technologies may endanger constitutional freedoms. And an absence of oversight can bring about the erosion of public trust. As we digitise the state, we have to not digitise injustice.
In response, the United Nations has actually increased initiatives to build an international governance style for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, developed by the Secretary-General, is working to resolve the worldwide governance shortage and advertise principles that centre human rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, backed with the Pact for the Future, lays the foundation for a comprehensive electronic order– one that reflects shared values and international cooperation.
At the United Nations University, we sustain this improvement with extensive, policy-relevant study. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is taking a look at how AI can progress lasting advancement while making sure no person is left behind. From electronic incorporation and disaster durability to moral AI deployment in environmental administration and public health and wellness, our work looks for to ensure that AI offers the worldwide good.
Nevertheless, the governance of expert system can not rest on the shoulders of international organisations alone. Building ethical and inclusive AI systems needs much deeper participation throughout all fields, combining academic community, governments, the economic sector, and civil society. It is just via interdisciplinary collaboration, worldwide collaborations, and continual discussion that we can create governance frameworks that are not just efficient, yet genuine and future-proof.
Conferences similar to this one play a crucial role in that endeavour, aiding us to develop bridges throughout borders and promote the trust fund and collaboration that moral AI administration needs. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not standing still– neither can we. Allow us propose an AI that is formed by all of humankind, for all of humankind.”
Let us bear in mind: technology forms power, but governance shapes justice. Our task is not simply to regulate AI, but to reimagine administration itself. In doing so, we can develop public establishments that are extra active, inclusive, and durable. I hope that this seminar will promote purposeful discussion 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