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To meet fast-growing expectations political leaders need to reimagine the role of the state for the new age of technology.
A miniature of robot and toy hands point toward words reading “Artificial intelligence AI“, in this illustration created on Dec. 14, 2023. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)
I have returned to Indonesia many times over the years. Each visit reminds me of the country’s extraordinary scale and promise: the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, the world’s largest archipelago country, and Southeast Asia’s only member of the G20.But this time, in my discussion with President Prabowo Subianto and senior ministers, something else stood out. Alongside Indonesia’s huge scale and economic potential, they are facing the same challenge political leaders face everywhere: how to govern in the Age of AI.
The expectations of citizens are rising fast, driven by the ongoing technological revolution of artificial intelligence. And the job of political leaders is to reimagine government, equally fast, to meet those expectations.
