2025 International Conference of the Korean Social Science Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Differentiated coworkers, prestigious participants,
It is a privilege to join you practically for this crucial event of the Oriental Social Science Research Council, and I am honoured to add to your timely representations on the future of administration in an era defined by AI improvement.
Expert system is improving not only our industries, yet our societies and public institutions. It is reconfiguring how public choices are made, exactly how solutions are supplied, and just how citizens engage with their governments. This is a turning point for democracies. We are seeing a substantial change: from responsive bureaucracies to anticipatory governance; from top-down structures to vibrant, data-informed ecosystems.
AI enables federal governments to deliver services extra efficiently through automation, anticipating analytics, and customised engagement. In locations like medical care, public transportation, and social welfare, public establishments are currently using AI-enabled tools to prepare for demands, reduce expenses, and enhance results. Right here in Japan, where our UNU headquarters are based, expert system is already being utilized to evaluate countless government tasks, improving operational performance and solution shipment. [1]
This is more than just a technical change. It has extensive political and honest ramifications, increasing urgent concerns regarding equity, openness, and responsibility. While AI holds remarkable promise, we must not forget the risks. Algorithmic prejudice can reinforce discrimination. Monitoring modern technologies may threaten civil liberties. And a lack of oversight can bring about the disintegration of public trust fund. As we digitise the state, we have to not digitise oppression.
In reaction, the United Nations has sped up efforts to construct a worldwide governance style for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, developed by the Secretary-General, is working to deal with the worldwide administration deficiency and advertise concepts that centre civils rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, recommended via the Pact for the Future, lays the foundation for an inclusive digital order– one that reflects shared worths and international cooperation.
At the United Nations University, we sustain this makeover via strenuous, policy-relevant study. With 13 institutes in 12 countries, UNU is analyzing exactly how AI can advance sustainable advancement while making sure no person is left. From electronic incorporation and calamity durability to ethical AI release in ecological administration and public health, our work seeks to make sure that AI offers the international great.
However, the administration of artificial intelligence can not hinge on the shoulders of global organisations alone. Building honest and comprehensive AI systems calls for much deeper participation across all markets, combining academic community, governments, the economic sector, and civil culture. It is just with interdisciplinary collaboration, global partnerships, and continual discussion that we can develop administration structures that are not only effective, but legitimate and future-proof.
Conferences similar to this one play an essential duty in that endeavour, assisting us to construct bridges throughout borders and foster the trust fund and cooperation that honest AI administration demands. In words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not stalling– neither can we. Let us move for an AI that is formed among humankind, for every one of humankind.”
Allow us bear in mind: modern technology shapes power, yet administration forms justice. Our job is not merely to regulate AI, however to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can develop public establishments that are more nimble, inclusive, and durable. I wish that this conference will certainly foster meaningful discussion 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