At KINTEX in Goyang on the 24th… Kim Dong-yeon said, “Gyeonggi Province is hosting the event due to lack of government capacity in the era of great transition.”
Keynote speeches by Professor Stuart Russell of Berkeley University and Professor Bart Wilson of Chapman University
The ‘2024 Gyeonggi Global Transformation Forum’, where Gyeonggi Province invites world-class scholars, representatives of international organizations, and businessmen to address global agendas like the Davos Forum, opened at KINTEX in Goyang on the 24th.
Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon said in his opening speech, “Advances in technology, including AI, climate change, rapidly changing international politics, and changes in the world economic order are creating a great global transformation,” adding, “Because the central government lacks the will and capacity to solve problems, He explained the reason for holding the forum, saying, “Gyeonggi Province stepped forward.”
He continued, “Korea must find a new path. At the core of the new path and solution we propose is humanomics, a ‘people-centered economy.’” He continued, “The ‘GDP-centered economy’ (number-centered economy), which has been pursuing only quantitative growth, is “We have already reached our limit,” he emphasized. “We must move towards humanomics.”
“With today’s forum as an opportunity, we propose cooperation and solidarity for humanomics and a ‘global humanomics network,’” he said. “It is not simply cooperation between governments, local governments, and local governments. “Let us continue where we are today with the solidarity and cooperation of all innovators,” he said.
The theme of this forum was ‘AI and Humanomics’, and it was designed as a forum for discussion to seek balance between a future society led by artificial intelligence technology and people-centered economic policies.
Following the opening speech, Professor Stuart Russell, professor of computer science at UC Berkeley and author of ‘Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach’, also known as the ‘AI textbook’, defined the concepts and principles of humanomics. Professor Bart J. Wilson, a professor of economics and law at Chapman University who developed Each gave a keynote speech.
Professor Russell said, “If we cannot control the capabilities of AI, a different future than we could have imagined will unfold,” and argued, “The relationship between AI and humans in the future is not a simple technological challenge, but a deeper challenge of coexistence and cooperation.” .
Professor Wilson said, “Historically, economic development was motivated not by human selfishness, as Adam Smith said, but by moral sensibility and ethical behavior,” and added, “AI must go in the direction of not only economic growth, but also protecting humanity’s moral values. “This is humanomics,” he emphasized.
Following the keynote speech, Governor Kim Dong-yeon chaired the opening talk and conducted a discussion on the topic, ‘In the AI era, why humanomics?’ In the opening talk, Peter Norvig, a special education researcher at Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, gave a presentation on the topic ‘AI for Better or Worse’ and then had a conversation with two keynote speakers.
Peter Novick is the co-author of ‘Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach’ with Stuart Russell and has also worked as a research director at NASA and Google.
On this day, the four people gave their opinions on how effective humanomics actually is in resolving the problems of political chaos, economic inequality, and social discrimination, and on the specific roles and cooperation plans of the government, companies, and experts to realize people-centered AI and humanomics. shared.
The 2024 Gyeonggi Global Transformation Forum will hold a Leaders’ Round Table as the main session on the 25th. Representatives from various fields of central and local governments, international and regional organizations, and AI research institutes, including the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), ICLEI, Stanford Human-Centered AI Research Institute, and Naver, attended the ‘Global Humanomics for the AI Era’ event. A discussion will be held on the topic of ‘Solidarity and Cooperation Plans’. After the discussion, a declaration will be adopted.
KPI News / Reporter Kim Young-seok [email protected]
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