It Causes’, which polled almost 700 consumers, three in five (59%) said AI ‘has the ability to be good, but has some inherent risks associated with it’. A poll of 700 consumers by Elicit Insights showed 73% of respondents do not trust companies to be restrained in their use of AI, with sentiment towards the technology tainted by negative press around recent events at Facebook. While 59% believed AI had the potential for good, but carried some inherent risks, 18% saw it as posing "an existential threat to humanity". The survey also found that only a third of people would consider using an artificial intelligence system if they were given access to it.
A poll of 700 consumers by Elicit Insights showed 73% of respondents do not trust companies to be restrained in their use of AI, with sentiment towards the technology tainted by negative press around recent events at Facebook. While 59% believed AI had the potential for good, but carried some inherent risks, 18% saw it as posing "an existential threat to humanity". The survey also found that only a third of people would consider using an artificial intelligence system if they were given access to it.