2025 International Conference of the Oriental Social Science Research Council
27 May 2025
Keynote Speech
Identified associates, renowned individuals,
It is a benefit to join you essentially for this important gathering of the Oriental Social Science Study Council, and I am honoured to contribute to your timely reflections on the future of administration in an age defined by AI transformation.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping not only our sectors, however our cultures and public organizations. It is reconfiguring just how public decisions are made, how solutions are delivered, and how citizens involve with their federal governments. This is a pivotal moment for freedoms. We are witnessing a considerable change: from reactive administrations to awaiting administration; from top-down frameworks to vibrant, data-informed ecosystems.
AI enables governments to deliver solutions much more successfully through automation, anticipating analytics, and personalised involvement. In areas like healthcare, public transport, and social welfare, public organizations are already using AI-enabled tools to expect demands, lower prices, and improve end results. Here in Japan, where our UNU head office are based, expert system is already being made use of to evaluate thousands of government projects, improving operational efficiency and service distribution. [1]
This is more than just a technical change. It has profound political and moral implications, elevating urgent questions regarding equity, transparency, and responsibility. While AI holds tremendous promise, we should not forget the dangers. Mathematical bias can reinforce discrimination. Surveillance technologies might intimidate constitutionals rights. And an absence of oversight can result in the erosion of public count on. As we digitise the state, we must not digitise injustice.
In reaction, the United Nations has actually accelerated efforts to develop a worldwide governance architecture for AI. The High-Level Advisory Body on AI, developed by the Secretary-General, is functioning to address the international governance deficiency and promote concepts that centre civils rights, inclusivity, and sustainability. The Global Digital Compact, supported through the Pact for the Future, lays the foundation for a comprehensive digital order– one that mirrors shared worths and worldwide collaboration.
At the United Nations College, we support this transformation via extensive, policy-relevant research study. With 13 institutes in 12 countries, UNU is taking a look at just how AI can progress sustainable development while ensuring no person is left behind. From electronic incorporation and calamity durability to honest AI deployment in environmental governance and public wellness, our work looks for to make certain that AI offers the global excellent.
Nevertheless, the administration of expert system can not rest on the shoulders of worldwide organisations alone. Structure moral and inclusive AI systems requires deeper collaboration across all industries, uniting academia, federal governments, the economic sector, and civil society. It is just through interdisciplinary partnership, global collaborations, and sustained dialogue that we can create administration structures that are not just efficient, but reputable and future-proof.
Seminars like this one play a vital function because effort, aiding us to build bridges across borders and promote the trust and participation that ethical AI governance needs. In the words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, “AI is not standing still– neither can we. Allow us move for an AI that is formed among humanity, for all of humankind.”
Let us keep in mind: innovation shapes power, yet governance shapes justice. Our job is not simply to control AI, however to reimagine governance itself. In doing so, we can build public organizations that are more agile, comprehensive, and durable. I wish that this conference will certainly promote significant 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