Indonesia emphasises three important steps to manage AI better
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian Foreign
Minister Retno Marsudi has emphasised three important steps that her country is following to better manage and apply Artificial Intelligence (AI)
to make democracy better and deliver more benefits to the people.
Speaking at the ministerial conference of the 3rd Summit for Democracy in Seoul, the
Republic of Korea on March 18, Retno emphasised that the path to global digital
governance must be free, open, secure, unfragmented, and inclusive.
Transformative technologies, such as AI, must
be navigated by and for the interests of many people. Indonesia has introduced
regulations on AI ethics, both at the national level and within the ASEAN
framework.
The second step is to close the global digital
divide. Technologies like AI must be treated as global public goods, so that
countries can access digital resources easily, fairly, and equitably. The voice
of developing countries must become an essential part in the ensemble of global
digital development. In this regard, Minister Retno conveyed that Indonesia
actively participates in negotiations for the Global Digital Compact and other
avenues in the United Nations and other international forums.
The third step is to ensure collective risk
mitigation, she said, adding that AI can be a double-edged sword. While AI is a
tool for democracy, on the other hand, it can also be used as a tool for
manipulation and disinformation. Therefore, digital literacy and innovation
against fake-manipulated news and misuses of AI as well as countering to
cyber-attacks./.