REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, YOGYAKARTA \u2013 Yesterday, 5 May 2026, Universitas\nAmikom Yogyakarta marked another proud academic milestone. Prof Arief\nSetyanto, S.Si, MT, Ph.D, was officially inaugurated as a professor in\nthe field of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision.<\/p>\n
In his scientific oration titled \u2018Artificial Intelligence in the\nDigital Transformation of Education and Precision Agriculture\u2019, Prof\nArief highlighted how AI-based vision technology is now capable of\nchanging the way farming is done.<\/p>\n
In his oration, he also emphasised the importance of digital\nsovereignty, stating that technology is not just about mastering and\nutilising it, but also about safeguarding the nation\u2019s independence from\ndependence on platforms and infrastructure provided by other\ncountries.<\/p>\n
This inauguration adds to the academic capacity of Universitas Amikom\nYogyakarta and serves as a reminder that an academic\u2019s journey never\ntruly stops.<\/p>\n
Prof Arief obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Essex,\nUK, in 2016, with expertise in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and\nNatural Language Processing. He currently serves as Vice Rector IV for\nCooperation and Development at Universitas Amikom Yogyakarta.<\/p>\n
One particularly interesting aspect is that the field he has pursued\nfor a decade is experiencing extraordinary acceleration. AI is no longer\njust about recognising images or translating text.<\/p>\n
Now, within months, AI capabilities leap into areas that previously\nonly experts could achieve with long hours of work. In the field of\nInformatics, this progress poses a unique challenge and demands quick,\nprecise, and creative responses from the entire academic community.<\/p>\n
One of the most shocking events for the technology community this\nweek was the discovery of a serious security flaw in the Linux kernel\nthat had been hidden for nine years.<\/p>\n
The flaw, nicknamed \u2018Copy Fail\u2019 and assigned the code CVE-2026-31431,\nwas discovered by security researchers at Theori firm with the help of\nan AI-based scanner tool named Xint Code.<\/p>\n
What is quite surprising is the speed of the flaw\u2019s discovery\nprocess. It only took about one hour of scanning by AI to identify the\nflaw that had evaded the attention of thousands of developers and\nconventional testing tools for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n
This vulnerability stems from a code optimisation added to the Linux\nkernel in 2017 to speed up data encryption. Unbeknownst to them, that\noptimisation left a logic flaw allowing ordinary users without\nprivileges to gain full access as system administrators.<\/p>\n
This security vulnerability affects almost all Linux distributions\nwith kernels updated since 2017. The United States Cybersecurity and\nInfrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has even added this flaw to the\nlist of known exploited vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n
The discovery of \u2018Copy Fail\u2019 delivers an important message that\ncannot be ignored, especially in the field of Informatics. AI is now\ncapable of performing very in-depth code analysis work at speeds far\nsurpassing human capabilities.<\/p>\n
This can certainly be seen as a fundamental shift in the way work is\ndone in this rapidly changing field.<\/p>\n
A task that previously took months for manual auditing can now be\ncompleted in hours. This means that the biggest barrier in Informatics\nresearch is no longer technical implementation capability.<\/p>\n
AI can already implement, scan, and debug programme code. One thing\nAI cannot do at present is to have authentic curiosity, formulate truly\nnew research questions, and spot gaps that no one has seen before.<\/p>\n
This is exactly what the Theori researcher did: he had intuition\nabout where potential security flaws might be, and AI handled the\ncombing process. This is the most relevant context for Master\u2019s and PhD\nstudents in Informatics at Universitas Amikom Yogyakarta who are\ncurrently preparing their theses or dissertations.<\/p>\n
In an era where AI can be used to help implement algorithms,\nsynthesise literature, and even generate functional code, the most\nimportant question a researcher must answer is no longer \u2018how to do it?\u2019\nbut \u2018what has not been asked before?\u2019<\/p>\n
The novelty of ideas, true novelty, is becoming increasingly valuable\nprecisely because AI is becoming more adept at executing existing\nideas.<\/p>\n
Students who can present fresh ideas, who can see problems from\nhidden angles, and who can then utilise AI to realise those ideas\nquickly and efficiently are the researchers who will truly be relevant\nin the coming decade.<\/p>\n
Congratulations to Prof Arief Setyanto on his professorship\ninauguration. May the academic mandate he now holds further encourage\nthe birth of fresh ideas beneficial to society at large, and for all\nstudents struggling with their research, in an era when machines can\nthink, the highest value lies in the courage to ask what has never been\nasked before.<\/p>\n
In an era when science and technology move very quickly, choosing the\nbest among what is available, continuously updating knowledge, and not\nstopping at what is already known, is the true manifestation of a living\nintellect.<\/p>\n
Allah SWT says: \u2018Those who listen to the word and follow the best\nthereof. They are the ones whom Allah has guided, and they are the ones\nwho possess understanding.\u2019 (QS. Az-Zumar: 18). Wall\u0101hu a\u2019lam.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/fresh-ideas-in-the-era-of-thinking-machines-1778054947", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }