GTI-To commemorate the 81st anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia, PIONEER TALK is hosting a talk show titled "The Future of Information in the AI ​​Era: Building an Intelligent, Creative, and Critical Generation." The event on Thursday, August 13, 2026, from 16:00 to 18:00 WIB, at Rumah Banjarsari, Jl. Syamsurizal No. 10, Setabelan, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. The speakers are Muhammad Ma’ruf, Ph.D. (Director, Global Thinkers Institute/GTI), Ardiansyah Harjunantio (Senior Journalist), and M. Aulia Assya (Chairman of the Central Java Regional Indonesian Broadcasting Commission/KPID).

This activity aimed to enhance public understanding—particularly among the younger generation—regarding the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on the information ecosystem and social life.

Muhamad Ma’ruf emphasized the importance of consistently viewing AI as an artificial human product; as creators, humans must maintain a distance from their own inventions. In the context of AI, intelligence refers to the mathematical speed at which algorithms process vast amounts of data. Although emotions and empathy can be programmed into robotic algorithms, robots remain human-made creations, distinct from humans created by God.

Real human beings possess unique relationships with one another that robots cannot replicate. Biological humans—endowed with a soul and consciousness, and subject to the implications of human law—are irreplaceable. Humans must not marry the robots they create; the sanctity of gender (male and female) and the institution of inheritance must not be abolished in the name of AI progress.

AI trends point toward negative consequences regarding security, copyright, unemployment, ethics, and identity crises—issues that require dedicated resources to address. Since the adoption of AI in daily life is inevitable, we must ensure we have the capacity to produce our own AI, rather than merely acting as users vulnerable to manipulation by Big Data corporations.

The state must control Big Data companies—not the other way around—to safeguard humans who believe in God and possess an innate human nature (fitrah). Many mainstream Big Data companies support Trump’s efforts to revive the Monroe Doctrine, restore the era of colonialism, and back the implementation of the "Greater Israel" project; however, nations such as China, Russia, and Iran possess the capacity to launch counter-measures.