Open Net co-hosted the seminar “Artificial Intelligence (AI), Threat or Opportunity?” at the National Assembly

Open Net co-hosted the seminar “Artificial Intelligence (AI), Threat or Opportunity?” with the Economic Democracy Forum of the National Assembly (Co-Chairperson LEE Jongkul and YOO Seunghee), the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), and the Economist at the National Assembly. Open Net invited Senior Researcher Chris Clague of the Economist Groups’ thinktank ‘Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU),’ and discussed the impact of AI on the Korean economy based on the recently released report of the EIU, “Risk and rewards: Scenarios around the economic impact of machine learning.”

Media coverage:

• EIU “AI Investment, Essential for Economic Growth” (ZDNet Korea, 2/12)
• EIU, “Without AI Investment,  the Growth Rate will Fall for 0.02%” (Digital Daily, 2/12)
• “Exaggerated AI Debates… Should be concerned with Technological Development than the Risks” (iNews24, 2/12)
• “The Era of AI… Acknowledging the Risk is Important” (Hankyoreh, 2/12)
• “AI Depends on Us…Liberal Arts Education is Necessary” (EBN, 2/14)
• “What is the Impact of AI on Korean Economy?” (Bloter, 2/17)