Korika states universities and industry must align on AI implementation

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Even Alex Chandra, a representative from the Indonesian Artificial Intelligence Research and Industry Collaboration (Korika), stated that to optimally develop Indonesia’s artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem, alignment between universities and industry is required regarding AI implementation.

According to Alex, although industries are currently rushing to adopt AI into their business processes to avoid falling behind technological developments, the opposite is occurring within universities.

“It must be acknowledged that many professors and lecturers, fearing that students’ critical thinking will be eroded by using AI, end up forcing their students to handwrite every assignment. This is actually quite strange because it creates a gap between the needs of campuses and companies,” said Alex during a discussion organised by OpenAI in Jakarta on Thursday.

University educators should instead be shaping the mindset of students—Indonesia’s future digital talent—to understand that AI plays a role in assisting humans rather than replacing them, and that it can actually simplify the process of finding solutions.

“Many people assume that using AI will reduce the essence of human thought. That is not the case,” said Alex.

He noted that he frequently utilises generative AI when brainstorming or seeking solutions to complete his tasks. Although AI offers various solutions, he does not rely entirely on the provided answers and continues to rely on his own human analysis.

Beyond universities, he suggested that a shared perception regarding the responsible use of AI should be widely disseminated so that the benefits of the technology can be felt by many, rather than just a few.

“We seem to need to launch a campaign asserting that it is okay to use Gen AI, as long as the user remains responsible for the content they create,” concluded Alex.