Top OECD stats official finds Korea right on track to elevate Statistics Korea

Korea is right on track to enhance the role of its national statistical office with broadened responsibilities to meet the challenges of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven future in data management, the OECD’s top statistics official said. Steve MacFeely, chief statistician and director of the Statistics and Data Directorate at the OECD, also said Korea’s substantial investments in AI could help the country consolidate its leading position in global AI indexes. “I think this is tremendous ... Korea is one of the first countries to really embrace the marriage and the core responsibility of statistics and data together,” he said in an exclusive interview with The Korea Times during his visit to Seoul for a global conference hosted jointly by Statistics Korea and the OECD. The two-day conference, which began Tuesday, was themed “AI for Data, Data for AI: Shaping the Future of Official Statistics.” MacFeely’s remarks came after the Lee Jae Myung administration announced Sunday a plan to elevate Statistics Korea to a higher-level agency under the Prime Minister’s OfficeWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times