2025 International Meeting of the Korean Social Science Research Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Identified colleagues, well-regarded individuals,
It is a privilege to join you practically for this important event of the Oriental Social Science Research Council, and I am honoured to add to your timely reflections on the future of administration in an era defined by AI transformation.
Expert system is reshaping not just our industries, but our cultures and public organizations. It is reconfiguring just how public decisions are made, just how solutions are supplied, and just how residents involve with their federal governments. This is a pivotal moment for democracies. We are observing a substantial change: from responsive administrations to awaiting administration; from top-down frameworks to dynamic, data-informed communities.
AI enables governments to deliver solutions more efficiently with automation, anticipating analytics, and customised involvement. In locations like medical care, public transport, and social well-being, public organizations are currently using AI-enabled tools to anticipate requirements, lower costs, and boost outcomes. Right here in Japan, where our UNU headquarters are based, artificial intelligence is currently being made use of to analyse countless federal government tasks, enhancing operational efficiency and solution delivery. [1]
This is greater than simply a technological shift. It has extensive political and honest implications, elevating urgent inquiries about equity, openness, and liability. While AI holds remarkable pledge, we must not forget the threats. Mathematical prejudice can strengthen discrimination. Monitoring modern technologies might intimidate civil liberties. And an absence of oversight can cause the erosion of public trust fund. As we digitise the state, we need to not digitise injustice.
In reaction, the United Nations has actually accelerated efforts to develop a worldwide administration architecture for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, established by the Secretary-General, is working to deal with the international governance deficit and advertise principles that centre human rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, recommended via the Pact for the Future, lays the structure for a comprehensive electronic order– one that shows shared values and global participation.
At the United Nations University, we sustain this improvement through rigorous, policy-relevant research study. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is checking out just how AI can progress sustainable advancement while guaranteeing nobody is left. From digital inclusion and catastrophe durability to moral AI implementation in environmental administration and public health, our work looks for to guarantee that AI serves the international great.
Nonetheless, the governance of expert system can not rest on the shoulders of worldwide organisations alone. Building honest and inclusive AI systems requires much deeper cooperation across all markets, bringing together academic community, governments, the economic sector, and civil culture. It is only via interdisciplinary cooperation, international collaborations, and continual dialogue that we can establish governance structures that are not only effective, but reputable and future-proof.
Conferences such as this one play a vital role because effort, assisting us to build bridges across boundaries and cultivate the trust fund and participation that honest AI governance needs. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not stalling– neither can we. Allow us propose an AI that is shaped among mankind, for all of mankind.”
Allow us remember: technology shapes power, however governance shapes justice. Our task is not just to govern AI, however to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can develop public organizations that are more active, inclusive, and durable. I hope that this conference will certainly promote purposeful dialogue and new collaborations 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