Heeu Millie Kim was a Semester Research Analyst at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where she worked on the CyberAI project. She received a B.S./M.S. in Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with a focus on Science, Technology, and International Affairs. For her undergraduate studies, she majored in International Politics and minored in Mandarin Chinese with a focus on U.S. foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific. Previously, she has conducted research for the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Asian Studies Program at Georgetown. Currently, she serves as a MSFS student representative, Secretary of the SFS Graduate Student Council, and board member of the Foreign Affairs, Science, and Technology (FAST) club.
Militaries seek to harness artificial intelligence for decision advantage. Yet AI systems introduce a new source of uncertainty in the likelihood of technical failures. Such failures could interact with strategic and human factors in ways that lead to miscalculation and escalation in a crisis or conflict. Harnessing AI effectively requires managing these risk trade-offs by reducing the likelihood, and containing the consequences of, AI failures.
Examining Singapore’s AI Progress
March 2023Despite being a small city-state, Singapore’s star continues to rise as an artificial intelligence hub presenting significant opportunities for international collaboration. Initiatives such as fast-tracking patent approval, incentivizing private investment, and addressing talent shortfalls are making the country a rapidly growing global AI hub. Such initiatives offer potential models for those seeking to leverage the technology and opportunities for collaboration in AI education and talent exchanges, research and development, and governance. The United States and Singapore share similar goals regarding the development and use of trusted and responsible AI and should continue to foster greater collaboration among public and private sector entities.
Drawing from their CSET report, experts Kayla Goode and Heeu Millie Kim discuss how Indonesia's education and workforce development hold the keys to its AI potential.
Indonesia’s AI Promise in Perspective
August 2021The United States and China are keeping an eye on Indonesia’s artificial intelligence potential given the country’s innovation-driven national strategy and flourishing AI industry. China views Indonesia as an anchor for its economic, digital, and political inroads in Southeast Asia and has invested aggressively in new partnerships. The United States, with robust political and economic relations rooted in shared democratic ideals, has an opportunity to leverage its comparative advantages and tap into Indonesia’s AI potential through high-level agreements.