
Discussing the Impacts of AI on UNESCO's Mission and Goals
UNESCO | GA
With the rise of deep neural networks and the popularization of Large Language Models (Henceforth labelled AI), among the academic research community and the larger public, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) must update its knowledge base accordingly. Although AI use is widespread, and one of the largest topics of research within the global scientific community, it's remarkable how little is known about the subject. These AI models have grown far more than ever could have been expected, and in this rapid period of time, have quickly expanded from classifying data, to image processing, and now to complete word, image, and video generation. As a result, many of the popular commercial AI products, such as Google Gemini, Open AI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, etc., have behaviors that their lead architects and developers still cannot explain, while more and more AI-enabled products are entering global markets.
As representatives of UN member states, delegates are tasked with working together to discuss the ethical, educational, scientific, and economic ramifications of this explosion in AI technology. This general assembly will debate the future role of AI within our society and the measures that can be taken to prevent AI from derailing global policy goals.
Director General
Noah Ochital | noah@amerimunc.com
Kaash Goyal | kaash@amerimunc.com
Under-Director General
Emma Desai