Most of us don’t understand AI. And most of us are scared about things we don’t understand. But in the case of AI, there might be good reason … because even the people who do understand it are pretty worried.
From my recent post at Forbes:
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92% want a national privacy law
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66% of Americans believe privacy threats have gotten worse in the last year
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64.4% say their data was used in a scam
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80% are concerned that their personal data is being used to train AI models
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48% say AI will negatively impact them personally
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72% are worried about their personal data being used by a future power AI system
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77% are afraid AI tools will deepfake their voices or faces to commit fraud
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80% say AI has increased the likelihood that their personal data will be used in malicious ways by criminals or hacker collectives
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70% are worried that AI will be used by other nations in information warfare campaigns
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57% fear that AI will replace humans
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51% don’t trust companies to keep their data safe