Data from the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (2022\/2023)\nshows that average usage reaches 8 hours and 36 minutes per day, with\n37.5% of 24 hours spent online. Globally, the average time spent on\nsocial media is increasing, at 2 hours and 31 minutes per day, while in\nIndonesia it reaches 3 hours and 11 minutes (data as of March 2024).<\/p>\n
Imagine this: with Indonesia\u2019s life expectancy of 74 years minus 16\nyears according to Minister of Communication and Digital Regulation\nNumber 9 of 2026 on internet usage restrictions, Indonesians have the\nopportunity to use the internet for 58 years.<\/p>\n
Suppose an internet user spends 1,080 hours per year or 62,640 hours\nin a lifetime. This means we are already in the grip of information\ntechnology, even at risk of making our thinking patterns shallow and\naccustomed to quick thinking without mature processes.<\/p>\n
The transformation of information technology moves like a meteor or a\njuggernaut traversing a free highway, as predicted by many leading\nexperts, thinkers, and futurologists.<\/p>\n
The American computer scientist and futurist Kurzweil is known for\nhis bold predictions about the future of artificial intelligence (AI)\nand biotechnology.<\/p>\n
Kurzweil is a key figure in the transhumanism movement and popular\nfor the concept of Singularity, the point in time when machine\nintelligence will surpass human intelligence and the two will merge\nthrough technology.<\/p>\n
Like it or not, we must accept that we are currently at the point\nwhere humans are meeting man-made technology. Humans create technology\nand vice versa, which has provided positive benefits while also\nthreatening life.<\/p>\n
A comparison of intimate distances between humans with nuclear\nfamilies and technology shows a significant shift in behaviour, where\ntechnology often creates \u2018physically close but emotionally distant\u2019\ndistances (close on gadgets, far in the heart).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, nuclear families operate in actual physical intimate zones\n(0-46 cm), while technology creates a \u2018pseudo-intimate\u2019 space that makes\nhumans only feel emotionally close despite physical separation.<\/p>\n
George Orwell\u2019s 1984 predicted a future marked by totalitarianism,\nmass surveillance, information manipulation, and the erosion of\ntruth.<\/p>\n
This prophecy highlights how states or rulers use fear and technology\nto control minds and destroy the human soul.<\/p>\n
If we delve into the historiography of human civilisation with\ntechnology:<\/p>\n
This phase is marked by simple manual tools made from stone, bone, or\nwood.<\/p>\n
Technology began to develop with the use of wheels, irrigation\nsystems, and more complex building construction methods.<\/p>\n
This phase transformed manual production into mechanical. Steam- and\nelectricity-based technologies accelerated mass production.<\/p>\n
Began with the invention of personal computers (PCs), followed by the\ninternet, and the development of social media. This is the transition\nstage to the digital world.<\/p>\n
The latest phase where technology not only processes data but can\nalso learn (machine learning) and connect automatically (IoT).<\/p>\n
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain,\nVirtual Reality (VR), Robotics, advanced data analysis, and\nhuman-centred intelligence.<\/p>\n
Intelligent systems that mimic human cognition. This evolution shows\na shift from technology that assists human physicality to technology\nthat assists human cognition (intelligence).<\/p>\n
When technology dominates humans, humans must prepare to face and\nanticipate it. As the Minister of Human Rights of the Republic of\nIndonesia, I am preparing progressive human rights laws to protect human\ndignity, honour, and dignity from real technological threats.<\/p>\n
There are two policies being prepared by the Ministry of Human\nRights, namely:<\/p>\n
This is a development of human rights to ensure mental privacy,\npersonal identity, and individual free will in the AI and\nneurotechnology era.<\/p>\n
The following are key points regarding neuro-rights law: its main\npurpose is to protect thought privacy, prevent brain manipulation, and\nensure ethical use of neural technology.<\/p>\n
We must and have to introduce this Human Rights Law because\nbrain-reading technologies (such as MRI, fMRI, EEG) and brain-computer\ninterfaces are increasingly capable of reading, manipulating, or\nrecording mental activities.<\/p>\n
Several countries are beginning to adopt this principle, including\ninitiatives to make it a new human right to protect human dignity.<\/p>\n
Neuro-rights are considered an extension of existing human rights to\naddress specific risks from the rapid advancement of\nneurotechnology.<\/p>\n
To maintain the supremacy of creation and preserve the honour and\ndignity of highly civilised humans, the Ministry of Human Rights is\ninserting a special article on the right to be forgotten or \u2018hak untuk\ndilupakan\u2019 in the revision of the Human Rights Law.<\/p>\n
This step aims to restore a person\u2019s image due to past digital\ntraces, even though that person has not been legally proven to have\ncommitted a violation.<\/p>\n
In the Draft Human Rights Law, we are inserting a special article on\nthe right to be forgotten.<\/p>\n
The deletion of digital traces is carried out through a court\nmechanism. Someone who has been reported as involved in a legal case but\nnot proven in court can request that their digital traces be\ndeleted.<\/p>\n
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