What’s so Artificial about Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is the first topic of debate in the SOCHUM committee. The topic of AI brings questions of difficulty regarding privacy, safety and job displacement. The United States’ delegation wants to create an organization that would help train workers to do things AI can’t perform. So far in the United States today, 4,000 workers have lost their jobs due to AI taking over. But with AI’s lack of critical thinking, the United States wants to press that weak spot. “I think this would help because it would help people get more jobs in places that AI can’t,” says the United States representative, Shalvi Bhambare.

The Lebanon delegate, Chloe Chung, has concerns similar to the United States regarding the use of AI. “We just want security and for people to be protected from the dangers of AI,” says Lebanon.

Lebanon proposed to teach students and teachers courses related to coding to help the understanding of AI implemented in education. “This is so people have more of an understanding of AI in school and later they can pursue careers related to the artificial intelligence topic.”

SOCHUM is one of the committees in this conference that is only allowed 4 working papers. The merging of papers is causing people to struggle in which country fits where, and where does each country stand. “Some countries working together had opposing ideas which I thought were interesting,” said Lebanon. “For example, one country didn’t want AI to be really big in their country but then they joined a paper who wanted AI to be more into the education system and health care, so I thought it was interesting.”

The struggle to merge working papers contine in SOCHUM throughout today. It will be interesting to see what countries will bend out of their morals.

Reported on by IPC Delegate Olivia Watters

Notes from interview

Integrating AI into the education system

Teaching students and teachers related to coding or science
Helps pursue careers
Myanmar didn't want AI in country but joined a paper based on integrating AI into their education system
wants

-whats your country

-whats your relationship with the united states

-do you support united states idea of creating an organization to train/fund workers

- if not whats your idea

-what countries are you thinking about merging with or in other words what ideas are you signing onto