Youth Engagement in AI Policy and Governance
8th Regional Symposium on Effective Governance and AI Transformation for the 2030 Agenda: Fostering Transformative Actions for Innovating Public Services
30 October to 1 November 2024
Incheon, Republic of Korea
The Regional Symposium is organized by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) United Nations Project Office on Governance (UNPOG)/DPADM/UN DESA with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Republic of Korea and Incheon Metropolitan City
AI accelerates growth, improves economic gains, the happiness index, the healthy index, and the human development index. We can use AI to predict the rainfall, early warning system, better urban, better transportation, and better health to secure and bring equity in human lives.
Youth are the innovators, drivers, users, builders, and teachers of artificial intelligence. We were born in the artificial intelligence era, and we grow up with artificial intelligence. The adoption of technology holds revolutionary impact; it is making our lives easier on a daily basis, 24/7 from day to night, and the way we socialize.
AI technology can include more youth voices, cultivate ideas, and create innovations. AI helps youth bring solutions for climate change, poverty, hunger, biodiversity, gender equality, human rights, peace, and sustainable development that leave no one behind. Culture is a treasure. AI and non-fungible tokens can help us preserve indigenous wisdom and the roots of our country and make us have an easier and happier life. AI helps us in city planning, healthcare, education, engagement, and resource optimization to help us efficiently and effectively accomplish tasks. The transformative potential of AI in achieving the SDGs and promoting global well-being is critical, and youth are ready to take action and be part of the system.
Youth perspectives enhance the development of ethical AI policies.
Youth roles : innovation, data, digital and foresight.
Inclusiveness in AI (human-centered artificial intelligence)
Youth play key roles in the development, from the local solutions in our community to developing artificial intelligence-powered solutions, from education to healthcare to finance and sustainable development. The paradigm shift of fully engaging and meaningful and inclusive youth engagement and participation at all levels will be the key to promoting inclusivity, enhancing opportunity, and leaving no one behind. We should all fairly and equitably harness the power of artificial intelligence and provide these diverse views for all of us to take part in the AI governance.
AI and Data-Driven Analytics
Harnessing artificial intelligence gives us a smarter way of thinking and a more holistic and inclusive view of decision-making.
We need to create Artificial Intelligence that empowers the world.
Seeing is knowing. Artificial intelligence gives us insightful data.
The science is clear: we have to take action for climate change. AI, when used correctly, is bringing awareness closer to homes, to individuals, and to the city; it is the foresight and forecast that we only have one world, one choice, and the choice to survive.
Data empowers the world. Data is at the core of artificial intelligence. The data that is inputted into the AI needs to be just, equitable, and resilient for us to harness the potential of a safe, ethical, and effective AI system. https://datafoundation.org/pages/data-for-ai#:~:text=At%20the%20core%20of%20the,be%20high%2Dquality%20and%20reliable.
Better Management is Better Lives. Artificial Intelligence is for a better lives. We develop AI for the better world.
When I was 14 years old, I had been a part of the team of the AI Mask Project. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the infection rate rose, and wearing a mask is the best self-protection. AI Mask detects how many people wear masks in a public area using the CCTV camera in Bangkok, Thailand. This project was a collaboration between the Thai government, professors and experts, researchers, super AI engineers, academia, and many inspiring youth and AI engineers. https://aimask.vercel.app/
Youth use AI to raise awareness for the people, AI that can save lives, and uplift the quality lives of the world.
When youth are given the opportunity, the education, and the empowerment, we have a transformative power to develop AI.
AI is accelerating faster. Making it easier for everyone, everywhere, to create their own solution, create your own innovation, and create your own career.
How can governments ensure that youth voices are not only heard but also considered in AI policy decisions?
We need an accountable government, transparency processes, and inclusive decisions.
We want to shape our policy, we want to shape our future, our way to use artificial intelligence. Youth bring creative ideas, innovative impact, and a forward-thinking solution that is human-centered, environmentally friendly, and equitable for all.
Responsible and Effective AI Governance starts with multistakeholder collaboration, it is public-private-people partnership.
We must ensure that the AI will avoid biases and ensure data privacy and security. This needs co-creation, co-ownership, and co-governance for artificial intelligence. Then, it is crucial that the technology is accessible, free, and open for all.
Share our AI knowledge, share our technology, and share prosperity
AI that can be free for all. Opensource community is a key forward; contributing technologies is sharing governance and the power for people to evaluate and monitor.
Open data, sharing communities, and technology transfer are accelerating development. A portal of AI data that is community-based, non-profit, and sustainable will help equip young people with the AI skills and AI knowledge to solve problems and innovate for a better world.
Right Data
Quality data gives quality AI model. We know that the AI models learn from data. With the right data, we will have the right AI. With the gender equality data, we will have a more gender equal and gender responsive society. With the climate data, the decisions from the model are more climate resilient.
Transparency and Trust
A Global Digital Compact: an open, free, and secure digital future for all.
As the generative model and large language model grow in size and capacity, we need to ensure that the data trained by the artificial intelligence is accurate, ethical, and privacy-preserving.
AI applications : Leverage AI for sustainable development
From the way we curated data, trained the models, and innovated solutions to the transformative applications of artificial intelligence, youth have been the driving force. With youth fresh ideas and innovative impact, our perspectives are smart, sustainable, and societal.
Humans are the ones who build the model and who use the model, so we do have the autonomy and the knowledge to govern AI.
Youth AI literacy to use AI effectively and responsibly will truly harness the transformative power of artificial intelligence; it spurs innovation, cultivating dialogue.
The skills, capacity, and competencies that equip young people to drive change, to have long-life learning, AI skills, adaptive, responsive, ingenuity, smart, creative, and innovative to drive sustainable change to the world.
Invest in Youth is Invest in your future.
