2025 International Meeting of the Korean Social Scientific Research Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Differentiated colleagues, esteemed participants,
It is a privilege to join you practically for this crucial gathering of the Korean Social Science Research Study Council, and I am honoured to contribute to your prompt reflections on the future of administration in an age defined by AI improvement.
Artificial intelligence is improving not just our markets, yet our cultures and public organizations. It is reconfiguring just how public choices are made, how solutions are supplied, and just how people engage with their governments. This is a pivotal moment for freedoms. We are experiencing a considerable shift: from responsive administrations to anticipatory governance; from top-down frameworks to vibrant, data-informed ecosystems.
AI allows governments to deliver solutions more efficiently via automation, predictive analytics, and personalised engagement. In locations like health care, public transportation, and social well-being, public institutions are already taking advantage of AI-enabled devices to prepare for requirements, lower prices, and enhance end results. Below in Japan, where our UNU headquarters are based, expert system is already being used to analyse hundreds of federal government projects, boosting operational efficiency and service shipment. [1]
This is greater than simply a technical shift. It has extensive political and moral ramifications, increasing urgent concerns about equity, transparency, and responsibility. While AI holds tremendous promise, we need to not forget the dangers. Mathematical prejudice can strengthen discrimination. Security modern technologies may threaten constitutionals rights. And a lack of oversight can cause the erosion of public trust. As we digitise the state, we need to not digitise oppression.
In reaction, the United Nations has actually accelerated initiatives to construct a global administration style for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, established by the Secretary-General, is working to attend to the worldwide administration deficit and advertise concepts that centre civils rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, supported via the Pact for the Future, lays the structure for a comprehensive electronic order– one that mirrors shared values and worldwide participation.
At the United Nations College, we support this change via rigorous, policy-relevant research. With 13 institutes in 12 countries, UNU is examining how AI can advance lasting advancement while making certain no one is left. From digital incorporation and catastrophe resilience to moral AI release in ecological governance and public wellness, our work seeks to guarantee that AI offers the international excellent.
Nevertheless, the administration of expert system can not hinge on the shoulders of international organisations alone. Structure ethical and comprehensive AI systems needs deeper cooperation throughout all fields, uniting academia, federal governments, the economic sector, and civil culture. It is just with interdisciplinary cooperation, worldwide collaborations, and continual dialogue that we can establish administration structures that are not just reliable, yet legit and future-proof.
Seminars similar to this one play an essential duty in that endeavour, assisting us to build bridges throughout borders and cultivate the trust fund and cooperation that moral AI administration needs. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not stalling– neither can we. Allow us propose an AI that is formed among humanity, for all of humanity.”
Allow us keep in mind: innovation forms power, yet governance forms justice. Our task is not merely to govern AI, but to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can construct public establishments that are a lot more agile, comprehensive, and resistant. I hope that this meeting will promote meaningful discussion and new collaborations in that effort.
Thank you.
[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Japan-turns-to-AI-for-help-in-analyzing- 5 – 000 -government-projects