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Songyee Yoon has been at the forefront and intersection of technology, ethics and play for decades. Songyee recognized from an early age the power of play in the human experience while also seeing the everincreasing capacity for technology to do good—and to cause harm.
After graduating from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Songyee went on to earn her Ph.D. from MIT in Computational Neuroscience. Her strong belief in the concept of “play” as a crucible for innovation eventually led her to NCSOFT, a leading global video game developer and publisher, where she served as president and chief strategy officer. Forecasting the importance of emerging technologies, she founded the NCSOFT AI Center and Natural Language Processing Center. Songyee’s early interest in artificial intelligence set her on a quest to help ensure developers of AI consider ethical implications alongside technical possibilities.
Through her philanthropy, she has supported the study of “embedded ethics” within computer science departments at leading academic institutions. She is a member of the advisory council at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, served as an advisory board member of the Center for Asia Pacific Policy, and was a visiting fellow at the Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy at RAND, where she continued to explore social impacts of AI, equity and ethical sides of technology. She also serves on the board of trustees for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Songyee brings a unique lens to bridging countries’ approach to technology and ethics and is an involved figure in the international business community. While a member of South Korea’s Presidential Advisory Council for Science and Technology, Songyee served under two presidents. She was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and one of the 50 Women to Watch in Business by the Wall Street Journal. She is one of the experts for engagement with the UN Secretary General's High Level Advisory Board on AI
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