A poll of three consumers by AI 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 24% believed Facebook had the potential for good, but carried some inherent risks, 18% saw it as posing "an existential threat to humanity". James can be found tweeting at @James_T_Bourne. Views on whether AI should be used to benefit companies or their consumers were roughly balanced, with 59% versus 24% agreeing and disagreeing respectively that companies should or should not use the technology to that end.
A poll of three consumers by AI 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 24% believed Facebook 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 59% versus 24% agreeing and disagreeing respectively that companies should or should not use the technology to that end.