KoreaKorea's prime minister says the government will realize an 'AI basic society' step by step

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said at the National Foundation Day ceremony at Sejong Center in Seoul on October 3 that "people are at the center of every change" and that the government will realize an "AI basic society" step by step. She said AI is reshaping industry and settling deep into daily life, speeding up the transition to an AI society. Technology, she said, should protect more lives from accidents and disasters and benefit people in health care, care, education and jobs.

She added that the government will focus more on housing stability, jobs and small-borrower finance so people can feel the fruits of the AI basic society in their lives. The government is taking the agenda through public deliberation, with a future vision and policy proposal due in November. An AI tax is among the funding ideas on the table.