Indonesia plans to embed artificial intelligence in some key government programmes

Indonesia plans to embed artificial intelligence in some key government programmes including its US$15 billion (RM62.3 billion) free meals plan, according to a presidential regulation draft, part of a strategy that the government believes could lift its gross domestic product by 12 per cent by 2030. Indonesia’s progress on AI has been slow when compared with Singapore and Malaysia. They are pushing to establish themselves as development hubs, securing billions of dollars from global tech firms that are seeking to build critical infrastructure to meet growing demand for cloud and AI services.The government says in its draft that another goal is to make Indonesia more competitive in AI use regionally and globally. Companies like Meta Platforms, IBM and Microsoft contributed to the draft, said Wahyudi Djafar, a tech analyst who wrote parts of the regulation and is a member of the AI government task ‌force. Is this the right move to Indonesia consiering the economy is lagging behind ?