Jeongki Lim is Assistant Professor of Strategic Design and Management, Parsons School of Design.

Generative Artificial Intelligence: What It Is, What It Is Not and What It Can Be for the United Nations

Amandeep Singh Gill addresses the United Nations AI for Good Global Summit as Co-Lead of the Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Geneva, 17 May 2018. ITU Pictures from Geneva, Switzerland, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), addresses the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, 6-7 July 2023. ©ITU/D.Woldu (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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It is one thing to utilize AI to draft memos or automate workflow in a company, but the work of United Nations professionals involves engaging in policy and operational decision-making that has tangible human consequences on the societal and everyday levels at a global scale.