Topic: 2025 – Artificial Intelligence and Resource Consumption
Country: Turkey
Delegate Name: Rosa Lascola
Delegation: Türkiye
Committee: United NATIONS Environment Programme
Artificial intelligence is all around most people in the world, even if they do not know it. Studies show that about 78% of businesses around the world use AI in some aspects of their business (Shewale). Artificial intelligence is a technology that can mimic human thinking. While AI is useful in some cases, it also uses a lot of resources. Data centers use lots of water to make sure the AI technology stays cool, electricity to run everything and land to build these data centers on. While building artificial intelligence, lithium, cobalt, and other earth materials are needed (Critical). These materials are not found everywhere. Countries that do not have these materials need to trade with other countries that do have them (Critical). This can become difficult as not all countries are willing to trade with one another. Over the past few years, the recent boom in AI has caused more of these resources to be used. This causes conflict between data centers and people in the area over these resources (background guide). Artificial intelligence has many good qualities and bad qualities. This causes some countries to be for AI and others to be against it. It all depends on the country’s specific ideas and values.
Türkiye believes that artificial intelligence is a valuable resource for their people. They have implemented a national Artificial Intelligence Strategy Steering Committee to help create the national policies on AI (Turkey). This committee focuses on educating citizens, increasing employment, supporting research activities, entrepreneurship and innovation, developing access to quality data and technical infrastructure, improving international cooperation, and accelerating structural and workforce transformation, all relating to AI (Turkey). Türkiye believes that artificial intelligence is a valuable resource when used correctly, which is why they put this committee in place. The plan currently is to boost the employment in the artificial intelligence field to 50,000 people (Turkey). This will then boost the country’s economics by creating more jobs. Not only does Türkiye feel the need to support AI in their own country, but they also support international AI. They are an active contributor to international organizations which specialize in cross border data sharing in relation to AI (Turkey). Türkiye is also looking to become a top 20 country for international AI (Turkey). Artificial intelligence does hold some problems. It uses a lot of resources that are also needed for other things. Türkiye feels that they still want to use AI, even if it uses many resources (AI). They are also willing to find new ways to use AI without using all the resources that are currently being used, but until then they will continue to use it as is.
While Türkiye is mostly focused on advancing and maintaining their own artificial intelligence, they are willing to help other nations. Türkiye participates in international AI organizations, which work to advance artificial intelligence for everyone. As for resources that AI uses, Türkiye is willing to look for better resources for this product, but they will continue to produce the current AI as is. They feel that it is too valuable of a resource to not use. If we can transition artificial intelligence data centers to become more energy efficient and work to condense the hardware and software to smaller versions, more energy and resources could be saved in the long run. Türkiye is also willing to share their plans for their Artificial Intelligence Strategy Steering Committee, to help other nations with their AI usage.
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