2025 International Conference of the Oriental Social Science Research Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Identified colleagues, well-regarded individuals,
It is an opportunity to join you essentially for this important event of the Korean Social Scientific Research Study Council, and I am honoured to contribute to your timely representations on the future of administration in an age defined by AI change.
Expert system is reshaping not just our sectors, however our cultures and public organizations. It is reconfiguring exactly how public decisions are made, just how solutions are delivered, and exactly how people engage with their governments. This is a zero hour for freedoms. We are observing a considerable shift: from reactive administrations to awaiting administration; from top-down structures to dynamic, data-informed ecological communities.
AI makes it possible for governments to supply services more effectively via automation, anticipating analytics, and personal interaction. In locations like medical care, public transport, and social well-being, public institutions are currently taking advantage of AI-enabled tools to expect requirements, lower costs, and boost end results. Here in Japan, where our UNU head office are based, artificial intelligence is already being utilized to analyse countless government projects, enhancing operational performance and service shipment. [1]
This is greater than simply a technical change. It has extensive political and ethical ramifications, elevating urgent inquiries concerning equity, transparency, and accountability. While AI holds significant assurance, we must not lose sight of the risks. Algorithmic bias can reinforce discrimination. Security innovations might intimidate constitutional freedoms. And an absence of oversight can bring about the erosion of public depend on. As we digitise the state, we have to not digitise injustice.
In response, the United Nations has sped up efforts to construct an international administration design for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, established by the Secretary-General, is functioning to deal with the global governance shortage and advertise concepts that centre civils rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, supported with the Deal for the Future, lays the foundation for a comprehensive electronic order– one that reflects shared values and worldwide cooperation.
At the United Nations College, we support this makeover via rigorous, policy-relevant research. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is checking out just how AI can progress sustainable growth while ensuring no person is left. From electronic incorporation and calamity durability to moral AI implementation in ecological administration and public health and wellness, our job seeks to make certain that AI offers the worldwide excellent.
However, the governance of artificial intelligence can not rest on the shoulders of global organisations alone. Building moral and inclusive AI systems calls for deeper collaboration throughout all markets, bringing together academic community, governments, the economic sector, and civil culture. It is only with interdisciplinary collaboration, international collaborations, and sustained dialogue that we can develop governance structures that are not just efficient, yet genuine and future-proof.
Seminars such as this one play a crucial function because effort, assisting us to construct bridges across borders and foster the count on and collaboration that ethical AI administration demands. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not stalling– neither can we. Allow us propose an AI that is formed by all of mankind, for every one of humankind.”
Let us bear in mind: innovation forms power, however administration shapes justice. Our job is not simply to control AI, yet to reimagine administration itself. In doing so, we can construct public establishments that are a lot more agile, inclusive, and resistant. I really hope that this conference will cultivate significant discussion and new partnerships in that effort.
Thanks.
[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Japan-turns-to-AI-for-help-in-analyzing- 5 – 000 -government-projects