https://www.scmp.com/rss/324158/feed Key-young Son is vice-director and professor at the Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University. He is a former political editor at the Korea Times and lecturer at the University of Sheffield. He is a co-author of Order Wars and Floating Balance: How the Rising Powers Are Reshaping Our Worldview in the Twenty-First Century. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Wars, climate change and artificial intelligence (AI) were the three key concerns at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Across the world, there is a growing belief that AI will fundamentally change the way we live – if we live to see it. Yet climate change or nuclear war might also make it impossible for humans – or other creatures – to live on Earth. In other words, we are at the crossroads of a mass extermination and the rise of a new civilisation. Some might say we are on... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3250347/world-crossroads-extinction-or-new-ai-enabled-civilisation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3250347/world-crossroads-extinction-or-new-ai-enabled-civilisation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:30:17 +0000 What is the greatest difference between the cold-war order and the 21st-century global order? A cold war joke offers a good hint. An East German school teacher asks little Fritz: “Fritzchen, why are you always speaking of our Soviet brothers? It’s ‘Soviet friends’.” Fritz responds: “Well, you can pick your friends.” Back then, they had no freedom to choose, but still enjoyed a form of stability through comradeship or alliances in a bipolar balance of power. Now, we can make choices, but these... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2078664/what-do-human-rights-and-freedoms-mean-globalised-deeply?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2078664/what-do-human-rights-and-freedoms-mean-globalised-deeply?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Mar 2017 07:03:34 +0000