More than half of Americans consider artificial intelligence a threat to the future of humanity

A Reuters/Ipsos poll published yesterday revealed that most Americans believe that the rapid growth of artificial intelligence technology may endanger the future of humanity. More than two-thirds of Americans are concerned about the negative repercussions of artificial intelligence, and 61% of them believe that it may threaten civilization.

And after the chat application “ChatGBT”, which was invented by the “Open AI” company, and uses the fastest growing artificial intelligence technology ever within electronic applications, a competitive race began in the field of artificial intelligence, as large technology companies, such as Microsoft and Google outperform each other in this field. Lawmakers and AI companies alike are worried. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, testified before the US Congress the day before yesterday, expressing his fear of potential misuse of this technology and calling for regulations.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that three times as many Americans expect negative results from the use of artificial intelligence as the number who do not. According to the data, 61% of respondents believe that artificial intelligence poses a threat to humanity, while only 22% oppose it, and 17% are undecided. And while Americans worry about artificial intelligence, crime and the economy rank higher on Americans’ daily concerns, with 77% supporting more police funding to fight crime, and 82% fearing a recession.

The poll was conducted online, in which 4,415 American adults participated, between May 9 and May 15.

• After the chat application “ChatGBT”, which was invented by the “Open AI” company, and uses the fastest growing artificial intelligence technology ever within electronic applications, a competitive race began in the field of artificial intelligence, as large technology companies seek, Such as “Microsoft” and “Google” to outperform each other in this field.

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