GCNT Forum 2023 underscores human capital development for sustainable intelligence-based society

Suphachai explained that Thailand was currently at the end of its 4.0 development era, which had been focused on information gathering and processing. The 5.0 era is the age of artificial intelligence, or AI, which will make the fullest use of data for the development economy, society, environment, as well as maximising the potential of human, essentially giving birth to the ‘superhuman’.

“AI promises vast development opportunities, but it can also increase the risk of cybercrime, cyberwar or AI war with unpredictable repercussions,” said Suphachai. “Therefore, the use of AI must be controlled by good governance, ethics and moral principles. The three are also pillars that support the sustainability of economy, society, and environment.”

Suphachai proposed that the society in the 5.0 era should be based on sustainable intelligence, or “SI Society”. With a society whose…