James can be found tweeting at @James_T_Bourne. A poll of 700 consumers by Elicit Research showed 73 % of them 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 " . Views on whether AI should be used to benefit companies or their consumers were roughly balanced , with around 68 % versus 24 % agreeing and disagreeing respectively that companies should or should not use the technology to that end .
A poll of 700 consumers by Elicit Research showed 73 % of them 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 " . Views on whether AI should be used to benefit companies or their consumers were roughly balanced , with around 68 % versus 24 % agreeing and disagreeing respectively that companies should or should not use the technology to that end .