2025 International Seminar of the Korean Social Science Research Study Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Identified colleagues, renowned participants,
It is an advantage to join you basically for this essential event of the Korean Social Scientific Research Research Study Council, and I am honoured to add to your prompt representations on the future of administration in a period defined by AI change.
Expert system is reshaping not only our markets, yet our societies and public institutions. It is reconfiguring exactly how public decisions are made, how solutions are delivered, and how residents engage with their federal governments. This is a pivotal moment for freedoms. We are seeing a considerable change: from responsive bureaucracies to awaiting governance; from top-down structures to dynamic, data-informed ecosystems.
AI enables governments to supply services a lot more efficiently with automation, predictive analytics, and personalised involvement. In locations like health care, public transportation, and social welfare, public establishments are currently using AI-enabled devices to anticipate needs, lower expenses, and enhance results. Below in Japan, where our UNU head office are based, expert system is already being used to evaluate hundreds of federal government projects, enhancing operational efficiency and service distribution. [1]
This is greater than just a technical change. It has extensive political and moral ramifications, elevating immediate concerns regarding equity, transparency, and liability. While AI holds incredible pledge, we have to not lose sight of the risks. Mathematical predisposition can strengthen discrimination. Monitoring innovations might endanger civil liberties. And a lack of oversight can lead to the disintegration of public trust fund. As we digitise the state, we should not digitise injustice.
In action, the United Nations has actually sped up initiatives to develop a global administration style for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, developed by the Secretary-General, is working to attend to the international administration deficiency and advertise principles that centre human rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, endorsed through the Pact for the Future, lays the foundation for an inclusive electronic order– one that mirrors shared values and international cooperation.
At the United Nations University, we sustain this change through strenuous, policy-relevant research. With 13 institutes in 12 countries, UNU is examining how AI can advance lasting advancement while making sure no one is left. From digital inclusion and disaster durability to moral AI deployment in ecological administration and public wellness, our job seeks to make certain that AI offers the global good.
Nonetheless, the administration of expert system can not hinge on the shoulders of international organisations alone. Building honest and comprehensive AI systems requires much deeper cooperation throughout all markets, uniting academic community, governments, the private sector, and civil culture. It is only through interdisciplinary partnership, international collaborations, and continual discussion that we can establish administration structures that are not only reliable, but legitimate and future-proof.
Meetings like this one play a crucial duty in that endeavour, aiding us to develop bridges throughout boundaries and promote the trust and teamwork that moral AI governance needs. In words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not standing still– neither can we. Let us propose an AI that is formed by all of humankind, for every one of humankind.”
Let us remember: innovation forms power, yet governance shapes justice. Our job is not just to govern AI, but to reimagine administration itself. In doing so, we can develop public establishments that are extra active, inclusive, and resistant. I hope that this seminar will promote meaningful dialogue and brand-new partnerships because endeavour.
Thanks.
[1] https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Japan-turns-to-AI-for-help-in-analyzing- 5 – 000 -government-projects