Artificial intelligence has been a part of a lot of our daily activities. Some of them are obvious while others are not, resulting in people sometimes becoming unaware of the impacts of AI on the things we regularly use or interact with.
AI Awareness Statistics
The more obvious versions of AI can be identified by most people like chatbots such as ChatGPT, or Alexa listening to and executing commands. Others tend to be overlooked like music or video recommendations on streaming services.
Pew Research surveyed 11,004 American adults between December 12th to 18th, and 57% are aware that music playlist recommendations are created by AI. On the other hand, a lesser 51% know that email services categorize certain electronic mail as spam.
For the more apparent examples, 62% believe that the facial recognition software used for identifying people in security cameras is powered by AI, and 64% are aware that product recommendations on online shops are created by AI based on their previous purchases.
As for the most obvious instances, the respondents identified chatbots, which can usually be found in customer services with automated responses, as artificial intelligence. They also know that fitness trackers use AI to analyze sleeping patterns and exercise activities.
Overall, only 27% of the respondents say that they interact with AI several times a day. 28% claim that they do so at least once a day or several times a week. The remaining 44% think they do not interact with AI regularly or did not respond, reports say.
As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, more jobs are at risk of being occupied by it, leaving humans with fewer employment prospects. Only 15% say that they are excited about the advancements, while 38% are more concerned, leaving 46% with mixed perspectives.
AIs Replacing Humans
One of the concerns with the emergence of AI aside from the irrational fear of a robot uprising is the more real threat of them replacing humans in their jobs. There are sectors that would run more smoothly without factoring in human error, after all.
However, there are still jobs that need the input that a human brain can offer, and cannot be coded into artificial intelligence. As mentioned by McKinsey Global Institute partner Any Madgavkar, human judgment is still needed for AI technology to avoid error or bias.
According to Business Insider, a 2013 University of Oxford study predicted that around 47% of US jobs will be taken over by AI in the next 20 years. Some of the jobs that would be most impacted would be the ones that require accuracy.
For instance, accounting jobs require a person to type in and calculate numbers all day long. Machines can do so significantly faster, and is also almost impossible to make mistakes, making AI a better fit for the job.
It has also been seen that chatbots, which are powered by AI, can write code much faster than humans. With that being said, some employees may no longer be needed when this can be done through artificial intelligence, which means less cost for a company.
