The Jobs and Income AI Will Change... 200 Citizens to Deliberate

[Financial News]  
The Presidential Committee for Basic Society began a forum on public deliberation over a basic society amid the AI transition on the 19th at Seoul National University Siheung Campus. The forum involves 200 members of a citizens' deliberation panel and will run as an overnight, two-day event through the 20th.
On the morning of the 20th, experts will give presentations, followed by breakout discussions and a question-and-answer session on income security, basic services and jobs. Funding and reinvestment will be addressed as separate topics in the afternoon. While the first day focused on the future vision of a basic society, the second day will take an in-depth look at the institutions and funding needed to support it.
The citizens' deliberation panel consists of 200 people randomly selected from the population aged 15 and older, taking regional and age distribution into account. Half of them, or 100 participants, are teenagers and young adults between the ages of 15 and 34. The Committee for Basic Society explained that it selected the panel this way to reflect the views of younger people who are likely to be significantly affected by the AI transition.
Before the main forum, participants studied the relevant topics for 10 days, from the 9th through the 18th, using briefing materials and online lectures.
They also took part in a process of asking experts questions and reviewing their answers.
On the first day, the 19th, participants considered how people's lives could change as a result of the major AI transformation and discussed what a basic society would need in the AI era. After expert presentations, they held breakout discussions and shared their views with all participants.
The public deliberation will not determine whether to introduce any specific policy. Rather than following a policy-choice model that selects one of the policies prepared in advance by the government, it will use an agenda-setting model to identify issues for future consideration based on public opinion.
The results of the discussions will lead to further policy reviews. In October, the Committee for Basic Society will establish a Policy Agenda Planning Group consisting of 40 members, including 20 experts and 20 representatives of the citizens' deliberation panel. Based on the views expressed during the forum, the group will review policy agendas and strategic tasks before submitting a policy proposal to the Committee for Basic Society in November. Further public deliberation and consultations with relevant government ministries will follow.
In a congratulatory address read by Jeon Seong-hwan, senior secretary for listening and integration at Cheong Wa Dae, President Lee Jae Myung said, "I hope you will serve as a signpost on a new path toward an AI basic society that no one has explored before, as we consider together how to guarantee everyone's basic standard of living."

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