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An illustration of artificial intelligence activities. (Shutterstock/SuPatMaN)
T
he rapid development of generative artificial intelligence has raised an alarm among experts in Indonesia and across the globe regarding the technology’s long-term impact on democracy, warning officials to immediately take action at the policymaking level to keep AI in check.
Academics, experts and government officials gathered on Thursday in the Information Resilience and Integrity Symposium (IRIS) at the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta to discuss the evolution of AI and its impact on the state of facts and information online.
The forum is a collaboration between UGM’s Center for Digital Society (CfDS) and the Safer Internet Lab (SAIL), an initiative started by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Google last year to improve information resilience. The forum in Yogyakarta featured speakers from the Asia-Pacific region, who shared how their respective nations grapple with AI.
“AI’s rapid transformation requires an active response, not only from policymakers but also from civil societies and universities to come up with possible policies and measures to mitigate the future growth of disinformation,” said CSIS senior researcher Arya Fernandes.
To date, Indonesia has only a temporary guideline on the ethical use of AI that was issued in the form of a communications ministerial circular in late 2023 by then-minister Budi Arie Setiadi.
Arya hoped that the symposium could provide “fresh perspectives” for the government in preparing the first national roadmap on AI that will serve as legal basis for regulating the use and development of the technology across sectors.
The Communications and Digital Ministry is still holding public consultations to test the draft of the roadmap.
