新一轮大分化：人工智能为何会加剧国家间不平等（英）

2Copyright © UNDP 2025United Nations Development ProgrammeOne United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USAAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission.General disclaimersThe designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted and dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement.The findings, analysis, and recommendations of this Report do not represent the official position of the UNDP or of any of the UN Member States that are part of its Executive Board. They are also not necessarily endorsed by those mentioned in the acknowledgments or cited.Some of the figures included in the analytical part of the report where indicated have been estimated by the UNDP or other contributors to the Report and are not necessarily the official statistics of the concerned country, area or territory, which may use alternative methods. All reasonable precautions have been taken to verify the information contained in this publication. However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied.The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. In no event shall the UNDP be liable for damages arising from its use.3FOREWORDArtificial intelligence (AI) technologies are already pervasive; yet seldom evident. Like electricity or the internet that underpin them, AIs and their agents are largely hidden and anonymous, humming away in vast data centres, supercharging millions of devices and processes – and likely to reveal themselves only if specifically directed and managed to do so. AI is even less visible to the millions of people on the other side of the digital divide who lack access to electricity or to reliable internet or cell phone connections. For the world’s poorest communities deprived of many of the most basic services of health or nutrition or education, AI is not just out of sight but also out of reach at this time. This Report from the UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific examines AI from the perspective of the vulnerable – looking at its impact on human development in the region’s developing countries. The Report builds on the landmark UNDP global 2025 Human Development Report: A Matter of Choice which argued that: “As AI moves from a niche technology to a cornerstone of people’s lives across multiple domains, its potential to advance human development has to be seized. That depends on more than algorithms; it depends on our choices.” The Next G