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When the National Economic Council head announces that artificial intelligence is now "cleaning" the personal data of 270 million Indonesians across eight government ministries – and delivers that news as a triumph rather than a warning – something has gone badly wrong with how we communicate risk to the public.
The construction of Digital Edge Indonesia data center in Cikarang, West Java is underway in this undated picture. State power producer PT PLN is set to supply 2x725 megavolts of electricity to support the operation of the country’s largest data center. (Antara/PT PLN)
National Economic Council (DEN) head Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has confirmed that since June 1, Indonesia's GovTech platform has achieved 80 percent connectivity across eight ministries and agencies, integrating their data into a single artificial intelligence-powered system for the first time in the country’s history.He demonstrated facial recognition technology that reportedly resolved data disputes "in less than one minute", spoke of reaching 64 million micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and promised a nationwide rollout across all 514 regencies and cities by October of this year.
It all sounded remarkably impressive, but he failed to mention who will bear responsibility if something goes wrong - because right now, the honest legal answer is no one.
