2025 International Conference of the Korean Social Science Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Distinguished coworkers, esteemed individuals,
It is an opportunity to join you virtually for this crucial event of the Korean Social Scientific Research Study Council, and I am honoured to add to your timely reflections on the future of administration in an age specified by AI makeover.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping not only our sectors, but our cultures and public establishments. It is reconfiguring just how public choices are made, how services are delivered, and how citizens involve with their federal governments. This is a turning point for democracies. We are seeing a substantial shift: from reactive bureaucracies to awaiting administration; from top-down frameworks to vibrant, data-informed communities.
AI allows governments to supply services much more efficiently with automation, anticipating analytics, and personal interaction. In areas like healthcare, public transport, and social well-being, public organizations are currently utilizing AI-enabled tools to anticipate demands, minimize prices, and boost end results. Right here in Japan, where our UNU head office are based, expert system is already being made use of to evaluate thousands of government jobs, improving operational effectiveness and solution shipment. [1]
This is greater than simply a technological shift. It has extensive political and ethical effects, raising urgent concerns about equity, openness, and liability. While AI holds tremendous promise, we must not forget the risks. Algorithmic predisposition can enhance discrimination. Monitoring technologies may intimidate constitutionals rights. And a lack of oversight can cause the disintegration of public trust. As we digitise the state, we need to not digitise injustice.
In action, the United Nations has actually sped up initiatives to construct a worldwide administration design for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, developed by the Secretary-General, is working to deal with the international governance deficiency and advertise principles that centre civils rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, endorsed via the Pact for the Future, lays the structure for a comprehensive digital order– one that mirrors shared values and global teamwork.
At the United Nations University, we sustain this transformation with rigorous, policy-relevant study. With 13 institutes in 12 nations, UNU is examining just how AI can progress sustainable growth while guaranteeing no one is left behind. From electronic addition and calamity durability to moral AI deployment in ecological administration and public wellness, our job seeks to make certain that AI serves the global excellent.
Nevertheless, the governance of artificial intelligence can not rest on the shoulders of worldwide organisations alone. Structure moral and comprehensive AI systems calls for deeper cooperation across all industries, uniting academia, governments, the economic sector, and civil society. It is just via interdisciplinary collaboration, international partnerships, and continual dialogue that we can develop administration frameworks that are not only reliable, yet reputable and future-proof.
Seminars like this one play a vital function because effort, helping us to build bridges across boundaries and promote the count on and collaboration that honest AI administration needs. In 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 all of mankind.”
Let us keep in mind: modern technology shapes power, however governance shapes justice. Our task is not simply to govern AI, however to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can construct public institutions that are much more active, comprehensive, and resistant. I really hope that this conference will promote meaningful dialogue and brand-new collaborations because endeavour.
Thank you.
[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Japan-turns-to-AI-for-help-in-analyzing- 5 – 000 -government-projects