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Feelings About AI: Which Countries Are Most Excited or Nervous?
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Globally, there’s mixed feelings towards AI-powered products and services: 54% of people are excited, and 52% of people are nervous. However, feelings about AI differ substantially between countries.
This graphic by creator Julie R. Peasley looks at how these viewpoints vary among people in 31 different countries using data from Ipsos.
Feelings About AI by Country
Overall, people in Asia and South America are most excited about products and services using AI. However, it’s important to note that the samples in many of these countries were more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent than the general population.
People in Thailand lead in levels of excitement. Interestingly, they are most likely to say they think AI will make their job better in the near future, but are also most likely to say that AI will replace their current job.
CountryPercent Very/Somewhat ExcitedPercent Very/Somewhat Nervous
Thailand8057
South Korea7644
Indonesia7548
Mexico7448
Türkiye7454
Malaysia7455
Peru7247
India6658
Brazil6651
Singapore6553
Colombia6245
Romania6250
South Africa5953
Chile5154
Japan5123
Spain5051
Italy5050
Poland5038
Argentina4646
Hungary4546
Germany4346
New Zealand4363
Great Britain4265
Netherlands4250
Australia4069
Ireland3862
Canada3763
France3652
U.S.3663
Belgium3550
Sweden3253
Base: 22,816 adults under the age of 75 across 31 countries, interviewed May 26 – June 9, 2023. The survey was online only in all countries except India. The samples in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and Türkiye are more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent than the general population.
In Sweden, people are the least excited. They are tied with Belgium and Ireland as being the least likely to say that AI-powered products and services have profoundly changed their daily life in the past 3-5 years. On top of this, they are least likely to believe AI will change how they do their job or replace their current job.
When it comes to Australia’s feelings about AI, the country has the highest nervousness. People there have low agreement with the statement that products and services using AI have more benefits than drawbacks. They also have some of the lowest levels of trust when it comes to AI bias and privacy concerns.
What Might Impact AI Sentiment?
People’s self-assessed knowledge of which types of products and services use artificial intelligence is connected to their feelings about AI.
For instance, countries where people rated their knowledge to be the lowest tended to have low levels of excitement and higher levels of nervousness. Conversely, when people rated their knowledge more highly, these countries tended to have higher excitement.
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