Love, Faith, and Power - Without Algorithms: Russians Define Red Lines for AI

VCIOM found out which tasks people are willing to entrust to neural networks and which they want to leave to humans

Russians are increasingly encountering artificial intelligence, but they are also increasingly asking themselves: will it discourage people from doing things independently? 78% of participants in a VCIOM survey, conducted in May among 1,600 adult Russians, see this risk.

Half of the respondents stated that they use AI every day. However, only 15% consider the risks of the technology to be very high – in the USA, 25% of respondents already answer this way. Americans are also slightly more afraid of losing skills: 82% stated this.

Most of all, Russians are not ready to entrust personal and fundamental decisions to neural networks. 77% opposed AI in matters of love, 73% opposed advice on faith, and another 59% do not want algorithms to participate in governing the country.

There is a clear tightening of the boundaries of applicability where sincerity and personal involvement are expected. But where AI is perceived as a reliable technical tool, the reaction is noticeably softer.
Ksenia Demina, expert of the Department of Social Research, AC VCIOM

However, as a technical tool, AI inspires more trust. 61% are ready to entrust it with weather forecasting and the detection of financial crimes, 58% – with the detection of fraud in obtaining benefits.

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