he United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has expressed optimism about Indonesia’s ethical artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, highlighting the country’s commitment and potential despite existing capacity gaps that still need to be addressed.
Speaking to The Jakarta Post on Tuesday, UNESCO’s Ethics of AI Unit head Irakli Khodeli emphasized that “AI is a great opportunity” and commended Indonesia for recognizing and fully embracing the potential its potential.
The agency first unveiled its recommendation on the ethics of AI in 2021, which has been adopted by 194 countries. In addition, it introduced Readiness Assessment Methodology (RAM), a key tool to implement the recommendation, which is currently being applied in 60 countries, including Indonesia.
“[Indonesian authorities] have been very serious in their engagement with UNESCO on the readiness assessment,” Khodeli said.
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However, despite the positive outlook, he raised several findings from the RAM report.
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For example, the digital gender gap index showed a female-to-male internet user ratio of 0.842 and only 12.39 percent of women graduated from science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs compared to 26.91 percent of men in Indonesia, figures that lag behind other Southeast Asian countries.
