AI Supervision in Health Sector, Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital: Special Attention Needed

Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Affairs Nezar Patria (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Communication and Digital Nezar Patria said that special attention is needed in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the health sector in the development and supervision process through the sandboxing approach.

"I think it is very important. AI must first pass this process. There we can see how the system complies with regulations, what the risk mitigation is like, and whether it is suitable for the proposed use case, with the trial that was made," said Nezar Patria through his official statement in Jakarta, Saturday.

He continued that it is indeed true that an AI system is implemented widely and it is important to go through the testing stage in a limited and controlled environment before being integrated into a larger system.

According to him, stakeholders are present and involved in the sandoxing process in order to assess various technical and ethical aspects as well as operational readiness and potential impacts on society itself.

This has been implemented first in China, which is a positive example so that it can outperform other developed countries because it carried out sandboxing first at the domestic level.

"China has reached the advanced AI level, more robots are being created with AI there to do tasks. And before going global, they try in the domestic market first, so the sandboxing has already taken place in their country first," he said.

Even so, there are several challenges that must also be overcome in the implementation of the Agentic AI model, which is believed to be able to make its own decisions. According to him, risk is something that cannot be avoided in the development of cutting-edge technology.

Especially in the context of health, the risks of AI are not only technical, but also social and ethical.

"AI in the health sector has enormous challenges. Disinformation, for example, the health sector is the second highest after politics. Not to mention there is bias with commercial interests. Medical recommendations could emerge that have never passed clinical trials," he explained.

With an approach based on national data that has been curated and validated by domestic experts. Indonesia is believed to be able to build an AI system that is not only innovative, but also safe, ethical, and in accordance with the values ​​of Pancasila.