AI Sovereignty: New Challenges in Thailand’s AI Policy
Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence (AI), The Impact of AI, sovereignty, AI sovereigntyAbstract
This article investigates AI sovereignty policies and case studies of countries with AI sovereignty by reviewing related scholar documents during 2023 and 2024. The study found that AI sovereignty was the power or ability of a state to independently decide to develop and use AI technology in order to sustain economic, social, cultural, and national security, and its privacy, as well as to control the development or training of AI aiming at reducing algorithm distortions or biases which may occur from the use of AI developed in foreign languages. It can also create innovation to enhance the state’s competitiveness. Countries implementing AI sovereignty policies are, for examples, the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China, with the aims in trade competition, geopolitical warfare, and technological material barrier. The European Union emphasizes legal barriers and privacy of their people while the Republic of Korea (South Korea) highlights linguistic and cultural costs. For Thailand,
which is in an initial stage, no agency is responsible for and presents a concrete AI sovereignty policy. Therefore, it is recommended to draft a national AI strategic plan that emphasizes on the balance between AI sovereignty and the sharing of information and knowledge with other countries. The creation of AI environment is also recommended by promoting both private and research sectors in research and development for use case and AI literacy.
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