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The UK leads the world in AI scepticism

Data shared with UKTN found considerable opposition to AI superintelligence

UK AI

The UK can be considered a global leader in many aspects of artificial intelligence, from research, to startups to investments, but for all the successes of the British AI sector, the public remains among the most sceptical in the world about the future of the technology.

For many leaders in the global AI sector, the end goal is the development of a version of the technology that massively surpasses human capabilities, often referred to as AI superintelligence.

Views on AI in its current form are already fairly mixed, though from a professional standpoint, the adoption of it both as official company strategy and by individual employees is reasonably high.

Figures in the UK on the use of AI in work vary somewhat but at its most conservative it is around a third of British workers, while others put the figure as high as 80%....