Where Are People Most Excited About AI? It's Not the US
America and China are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes public sentiment about AI, according to a report from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
The 2023 AI Index Report(Opens in a new window), which is published annually, examines AI's impact on education, politics, healthcare, and more. It asked people from 28 countries if they agree with the following statement: "Products and services using AI have more benefits than drawbacks."
Chinese respondents were the most likely to agree than any other country surveyed, at 78%, followed by Saudi Arabia (76%) and India (71%).
Only 35% of Americans—among the lowest of surveyed countries—agreed that products and services using AI had more benefits than drawbacks. After the US, the Netherlands, Canada, and France were the countries with the least positive sentiment toward AI.
"AI has the potential to have a transformative impact on society," the report says. "As such it has become increasingly important to monitor public attitudes toward AI. Better understanding trends in public opinion is essential in informing decisions pertaining to AI’s development, regulation, and use."
The report cites several reasons Americans are feeling unsure about the newest wave of technological innovation, including concern about loss of human jobs (19%); surveillance, hacking, and digital privacy (16%); and lack of human connection (12%).
Regarding job loss, the report finds reasons to be hopeful. "Across every sector in the United States for which there is data (with the exception of agriculture, forestry, fishery and hunting), the number of AI-related job postings has increased on average from 1.7% in 2021 to 1.9% in 2022," it says. "Employers in the
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