Indonesia's Government Artificial Intelligence Readiness Ranked 5th in ASEAN

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) plans to replace civil servants in echelon III and IV positions with artificial intelligence (AI) technology next year. The aim is to simplify bureaucracy, as bureaucratic processes have been notoriously slow.

However, the replacement of echelon III and IV officials depends on the completion of the omnibus law, whose draft has been submitted to the House of Representatives (DPR). This regulation is planned to cut 70 to 74 existing laws.

The problem is that Indonesia's AI readiness remains low. A report by Oxford Insights and the International Development Research Centre, titled "Government AI Readiness Index 2019," shows Indonesia ranked fifth in ASEAN in the application of AI in government. Globally, Indonesia ranked 57th out of 194 countries with a score of 5.420.