South Korea appears to bolster cooperation with Asian nations to regulate and cope with the unfold of authorized companies using synthetic intelligence, an official mentioned Friday.
Lee Wan-kyu, minister of presidency laws, highlighted the rising incorporation of AI expertise in authorized companies the world over and the necessity for Asian nations to hitch heads to brace for future development, on the twelfth Asian Legislative Consultants Symposium held in Yeouido, western Seoul.
“As you might be witnessing the numerous impression of generative synthetic intelligence, AI is more and more influencing many fields all over the world — the authorized discipline isn’t any exception,” Lee mentioned in his opening remarks for the occasion co-hosted by the Ministry of Authorities Laws and the Korea Laws Analysis Institute.
“The introduction of authorized companies using AI expertise in lots of nations, together with the US, China and Germany, improves productiveness by automating repetitive duties and offering customized companies,” he added.
The top of the ministry, which oversees and coordinates authorities laws, pointed to the deliberate launch of a cross-border consultative physique for authorized discussions amongst Asian governments as a method to navigate by means of the longer term.
“Finally 12 months’s symposium, we mentioned the institution of a multilateral consultative physique for a everlasting dialogue venue primarily based on our 10-year expertise. Because of this, a preparatory committee for establishing the consultative physique (has been) created at this time and the Council of Asian Legislative Establishments will likely be launched subsequent 12 months.”
He hoped that Friday’s discussions on the symposium would “contribute to the event of authorized tech business and growth of public companies,” which in flip would result in the event of the authorized fields within the Asian area.
Whereas AI may enrich the lives of individuals and increase alternatives within the authorized discipline, it may result in sudden threats and we should be capable to counter them by means of “stability and adaptability,” based on Lee.
“The world is going through a robust wave of AI expertise. AI can enrich the lives of residents, however it could pose sudden threats — I feel the wisest method to cope with the wave is just not to withstand or keep away from it, however to trip it (whereas) sustaining stability and adaptability.”
This 12 months’s symposium was joined by rating officers from varied Asian nations together with Vongsy Vissoth, deputy prime minister of Cambodia; Pakorn Nilprapunt, secretary-general of the council of state of Thailand; and Nguyen Khanh Ngoc, vice minister of justice of Vietnam.
