A quarter of people around the world don’t understand what artificial intelligence (AI) is, according to new research.
Polling company Ipsos Mori surveyed 23,000 adults in 30 countries and found that 25% don’t have a good understanding of AI.
Many others are nervous about the technology, The Guardian reported, but it said that people in English-speaking countries are more likely to be nervous.
Matt Carmichael from Ipsos Mori said: “In European markets we see less nervousness.” He added that people in some European countries are quite excited about AI.
He said: “Some markets are much more positive than nervous, especially in south-east Asia.”
According to the survey, one of the reasons that people feel nervous is because they don’t trust their governments to regulate the technology.
People in the US, Japan, Hungary and the UK felt the least trust in their governments when it comes to AI.
The Guardian said that the European Union has been quicker to regulate AI than the US and the UK.
In May, the US said it was planning to stop its states from regulating AI.
Earlier in the year, Japan said it wanted to become the “most AI-friendly country in the world.” At the time, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) — a US-based think tank — suggested that the Japanese government didn’t want to introduce strict AI regulations.
CSIS suggested that Japan wanted to stay competitive with the US and Europe.
The Ipsos Mori survey found that people in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand were the most excited about AI and many in those countries trusted their governments to regulate it.
However, 35% of people around the world said they thought that AI would make the job market worse in their country.
