Korea AI Forum held the ‘second AI Future Sarangbang’ online on Wednesday. The event talked about different topics such as relationship between AI and democratic government and development of South Korea’s politics through AI. Park Jin, who is a member of the People Power Party and the National Assembly, held a keynote speech under a topic ‘AI and democratic government’. Park talked about instances where AI was used by the United States and South Korea for their recent elections. He also talked about his own campaign that utilized AI to figure out flow pattern of voters and how he drew up a pledge through analysis of local public opinions. He also proposed different ways of how AI can be utilized in legislative activities of the National Assembly.
Park also talked about cases where an AI ran as a politician and participated in a policy decision. He talked about an AI Sam that is preparing to run as the prime minister of New Zealand, an AI Alisa that attempted to run as the president of Russia in 2018, and an AI Matsuda Michihito that ran as the mayor of city of Tama in Japan in 2018. He also talked about cases in Estonia and India where an AI provided support for legislative activities. He plans to work with Global Future Studies Association and Korea AI Forum to draft and legislate a national future development basic act and an AI promotion development act.
An Jong-bae, who is the co-chairman of Korea AI Forum and the chairman of Global Future Studies Association, hosted the discussion. Chairman An said that AI is infiltrating every area of mankind and is even having an impact on the political realm as well. “We recently did a survey on 100 people and asked them if they wanted members of the National Assembly or AI to decide national policies.” said Chairman An. “92 people responded by saying that they preferred AI to make political decisions.” Chairman An explained that people want AI to make political decisions as it is unbiased and is not drawn to party interests.
Chairman Yun Eun-ki of Korea Collaboration Association, President Lee Nam-sik of Seoul Institute of Arts, Director Kwon Ho-yeol of Korea Information Society Development Institute, Director Jung Song of KAIST’s Graduate School of AI, and Han Sang-woo, who is an adviser for Samil PwC participated in the free debate. A discussion about seeking different ways to develop South Korea’s politics using AI was the main focus of the debate.
Staff Reporter Lim, Joongkwon | lim9181@etnews.com