The government has published a blueprint that will guide Indonesia in developing artificial intelligence (AI) between 2020 and 2045, at a time when governments and businesses around the world are increasingly turning to technology for solutions in such issues as law enforcement, financing and health care.

Research and Technology Minister and National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) head Bambang Brodjonegoro has said the country will focus its AI projects on education and research, health services, bureaucratic reform and food security, as well as mobility and smart cities.

“We are all determined to create an independent, advanced and prosperous Indonesia. Let us successfully reform Indonesia from being a natural resource-based country to an innovation-based country,” Bambang said during the launch earlier this week.

The launch of the national guidelines, published as an e-book, marks a step forward in embracing AI technology and follows in the footsteps of many other countries that have already set up their own AI strategies, according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) data.

The development of AI is one of five sectors in the ministry’s focus, apart from the development of the internet of things, advanced robotics, augmented reality and 3D printing.

In November last year, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said the government was looking to replace a number of civil service positions with AI to create a leaner bureaucracy.

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