The Korean authorities is stepping up discussions on long-term methods for science, expertise, and synthetic intelligence (AI) that may lengthen past 2030.
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) introduced the launch of the “Science, Technology and AI Future Strategy Council” on the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology in Gwanghwamun, Seoul, on Thursday afternoon. The council contains 17 private-sector specialists drawn not solely from science, expertise, and AI analysis but additionally from economics, business, schooling, healthcare, tradition, and legislation. It goals to determine and deliberate nationwide science technique agendas via 2035 in response to the modifications that AI and superior expertise will deliver.
Bae Kyung-hoon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, who attended the inaugural assembly, mentioned, “MSIT prepared a future strategy back in 2020 as well, but at that time there was no mention of generative AI.” He added, “We need to discuss how the scientific and industrial communities should prepare for the arrival of the AGI (artificial general intelligence) era.”
Bae additionally mentioned, “We need to ask ourselves whether we can build a model like Mythos on our own,” including that “Korea’s awareness of and preparation for AI are still insufficient.”
Participants mentioned what society and the schooling sector should do to navigate the AI period. Kim Ju-ho, a professor at KAIST, mentioned, “We need to consider how to measure the quality of AI utilization at the national level, and based on those standards, how to build social consensus and develop AI capabilities.” Kim Sang-wook, a professor at Kyung Hee University, emphasised the significance of schooling in basic sciences similar to physics. “When the internet was first introduced, there were differences in how individuals used it, but looking back, knowledge of the fundamentals ultimately mattered most,” he mentioned. “Since AI policy is currently moving from infrastructure building to the diffusion of applications, basic education must be strengthened so that students can make good use of applied fields.”
The authorities plans to carry the Future Strategy Council on a quarterly foundation. It intends to conduct analysis centered on the agendas recognized on the conferences and develop them into coverage in coordination with different ministries.