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Five tech trends transforming Indonesia in 2024
Indonesia remains more of a follower than an innovator when it comes to global tech trends. But that does not necessarily mean Indonesia is behind.
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rtificial intelligence (AI), specifically the generative kind, is perhaps the most obvious, inarguable global tech trend to watch for in 2024. But how will this play out exactly, especially in Indonesia?
For one thing, do not count on a local equivalent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT rising in 2024.
“In order to do something like OpenAI, you need massive resources,” said Roderick Purwana, managing partner at Indonesia-focused venture capital firm East Ventures—best known as the firm behind the first cheques of Traveloka and Tokopedia.
He proceeded to list off requirements like having large enough datasets, strong enough computing power and the world’s most talented data scientists.
“Something like that is not only very unlikely to come from Indonesia, but even in the United States, there are only a few companies [who have the resources to do this],” Purwana added.
That does not mean AI in general does not already suffuse the daily lives of Indonesians, whether they realize it or not. As Randy Jusuf, the managing director of Google Indonesia, pointed out, Google products like YouTube, Gmail and Google Search already have features that are supported by AI models.
For example, “automatic response suggestions on Gmail use AI in the background”, Jusuf said.
