2025 International Meeting of the Korean Social Scientific Research Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Distinguished coworkers, well-regarded participants,
It is an advantage to join you basically for this crucial event of the Oriental Social Science Research Study Council, and I am honoured to add to your prompt representations on the future of governance in an age defined by AI improvement.
Artificial intelligence is improving not just our industries, but our cultures and public institutions. It is reconfiguring exactly how public decisions are made, exactly how services are provided, and how people involve with their federal governments. This is a turning point for democracies. We are experiencing a considerable change: from reactive bureaucracies to awaiting governance; from top-down frameworks to dynamic, data-informed ecosystems.
AI makes it possible for federal governments to deliver solutions more successfully through automation, predictive analytics, and customised interaction. In areas like healthcare, public transportation, and social well-being, public institutions are already harnessing AI-enabled devices to expect demands, lower expenses, and enhance outcomes. Below in Japan, where our UNU head office are based, expert system is currently being made use of to evaluate countless government jobs, boosting operational effectiveness and service delivery. [1]
This is greater than just a technological shift. It has extensive political and moral implications, raising immediate inquiries concerning equity, openness, and responsibility. While AI holds significant pledge, we must not forget the threats. Algorithmic bias can strengthen discrimination. Security technologies may threaten civil liberties. And an absence of oversight can bring about the disintegration of public count on. As we digitise the state, we must not digitise injustice.
In reaction, the United Nations has sped up efforts to construct an international administration design for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, developed by the Secretary-General, is functioning to deal with the worldwide administration deficit and advertise concepts that centre human rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, recommended with the Pact for the Future, lays the foundation for an inclusive electronic order– one that shows shared worths and worldwide collaboration.
At the United Nations University, we support this improvement via rigorous, policy-relevant study. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is analyzing just how AI can progress lasting growth while making certain nobody is left. From electronic inclusion and catastrophe strength to honest AI implementation in environmental governance and public health, our job looks for to ensure that AI offers the international great.
Nonetheless, the governance of expert system can not hinge on the shoulders of worldwide organisations alone. Building moral and inclusive AI systems calls for deeper collaboration across all markets, uniting academia, federal governments, the private sector, and civil culture. It is just with interdisciplinary collaboration, international collaborations, and continual discussion that we can develop administration structures that are not only effective, however legit and future-proof.
Meetings such as this one play an important role because effort, aiding us to build bridges across borders and cultivate the trust and participation that ethical AI administration needs. In words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not standing still– neither can we. Allow us propose an AI that is formed among humankind, for all of mankind.”
Let us bear in mind: modern technology forms power, yet governance shapes justice. Our job is not just to control AI, but to reimagine administration itself. In doing so, we can build public institutions that are much more dexterous, comprehensive, and durable. I hope that this seminar will cultivate purposeful 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