Heaptalk, Jakarta — Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Nezar Patria is advocating for implementing four strategies to ensure the democratization of AI, allowing equal access to this cutting-edge technology for Indonesian society.
“Our challenge is making AI more accessible to more people. This is the AI divide phenomenon, so we need to create a more inclusive governance framework for AI development,” he stated during the 4th AI Innovation Summit.
Deputy Minister Nezar Patria emphasized four strategies for developing AI in a more democratic, accessible, and beneficial way for all.
“First, by improving digital infrastructure, which includes providing access to electricity, broadband, and modern communication technologies. Second, through the transfer of technology and knowledge. Third, by preparing digital talent. Fourth, by encouraging social dialogue, especially regarding workers’ rights and improving the quality of workers amid the disruptions and advancements in technology,” he explained.
According to the Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics, these four strategies can be optimized to address the AI divide, which may occur at the individual, institutional, or national level.
“KORIKA’s Chairman, Hamam, highlighted some of the key aspects of inequality. When we observe, it consists of three levels, spanning access to infrastructure and technology, inequality in AI usage skills, to algorithmic disparity that results in bias,” he explained.
Deputy Minister Nezar Patria also mentioned that the issue of AI inequality has been widely discussed in global forums. In the United States, a group of lawyers supported by several universities has introduced affirmative algorithms.
“These are affirmative algorithms that seek to compel algorithm developers to adopt and consider the rights of marginalized groups in their algorithm design,” he emphasized.
