The Gunpo City Council in Gyeonggi Province is examining the potential use of artificial intelligence (AI) in legislative activities, including ordinance and budget reviews, and has initiated research to establish safe usage standards.
According to the council, the "Gunpo City Council AI Innovation Research Group" held a kickoff meeting on September 23 for the study titled "Establishing an AI Legislative Support System Based on RAG-LM and Legislative Innovation Measures." The research group is composed of representatives including Park Sang-hyun, Lee Dong-han, and Park Jae-shin, and plans to conduct the study until November.
The main focus of the research is to determine how AI can assist in searching legislative materials and reviewing ordinances, budgets, and policies in actual legislative work.
Particularly, the study is paying attention to the RAG-LLM method, where AI searches pre-provided council materials and formulates responses based on that information.
The key is not just for AI to generate content but to verify related materials and evidence as well.
The research team plans to examine domestic and international cases of AI usage in public institutions and legislative fields to develop specific scenarios applicable to the Gunpo City Council's operations.
They will analyze how the application of AI in tasks such as ordinance reviews, budget assessments, and policy material analysis affects data search times and work efficiency, as well as the accuracy of the information provided by AI and the justification for its conclusions.
Risk factors associated with AI usage are also included in the research scope. The team will assess issues such as data privacy and security, data quality, and the potential for over-reliance on AI results, aiming to establish standards for responsible usage.
Additionally, the council will review practical guidelines and institutional improvement measures based on the principle that AI-generated results should not be used directly for decision-making without human verification.
Among citizens, there are expectations that the use of AI in local councils could facilitate quicker access to administrative and legislative materials, alongside concerns that AI's influence on decision-making should be carefully managed.
In particular, there is a consensus that in areas directly connected to citizens' lives, such as ordinances and budgets, it is crucial to verify the sources and accuracy of the information provided by AI, with final judgments resting with humans.
Park Sang-hyun, the representative of the council, stated, "It is important to verify how much AI can actually assist in legislative work rather than just introducing AI itself." He added, "We will establish tailored AI usage standards for the Gunpo City Council that enhance efficiency and accuracy while maintaining the principle of human final judgment."
* This article has been translated by AI.
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