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View all search resultsAs users surge, Indonesia falls short on AI talent
Indonesia is among the top countries globally in the number of artificial intelligence (AI) users but lags far behind in AI development, revealing a yawning digital talent gap.
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An illustrative picture shows icons of artificial intelligence chatbot apps on a smartphone screen in Oslo on July 12, 2023. (AFP/Olivier Morin)
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ndonesia is among the top countries globally in the number of artificial intelligence users but lags far behind in AI development, revealing a yawning digital talent gap.
Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Nezar Patria acknowledged that Indonesia is struggling to realize its full AI potential.
“One of the most critical [challenges] is the AI talent gap, especially in fulfilling the talent demand and ensuring skills are competitive enough,” he said at the launch of the AI Center of Excellence on Friday.
Indonesia would need a talent pool of around 12 million people by 2030 to support the growth of its digital economy, including AI but the existing digital ecosystem could only supply some 3 million, Nezar noted on a separate occasion a day earlier, as reported by news agency Antara.
To bridge the talent gap, he explained, the ministry had initiated several capacity-building programs for digital talent, involving collaboration with global tech firms, universities and national strategic partners.
Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, chief economist at OpenAI, previously revealed that Indonesia consistently ranked among the top-three countries with the largest number of AI users weekly.
However, he noted that Southeast Asia’s largest economy was lagging in terms of AI developers, citing the low level of application programming interfaces (APIs) for AI adoption.
