Minister calls Indonesian youth to help shaping AI

Source: Antara News
Published on: 2026-10-31 05:29

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia's Minister of Communications and Digital Affairs Meutya Hafid called on young people to help shaping the development and using of artificial intelligence (AI), saying human judgment and values must remain central. "The final decision must remain in human hands. We must be the ones leading AI. There are things that cannot be replaced, including empathy and, most importantly, love for our country, because AI has no homeland," she said at the Indonesia Youth Summit 2026 in Jakarta on Friday (Oct 30). Indonesia has significant potential in the digital economy, with around 260 million internet users and accounting for 30 percent of ASEAN's total digital economy, she said. However, wider technology adoption must be followed by improvements in productivity, innovation capacity, and public protection. "If economic growth reaches US$360 million dollars by 2030, bu...

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