At work: What are the most skeptical and enthusiastic countries in Europe?
Most EU workers believe that AI technologies are having a positive impact on their work, but at the same time continues to fearing that robots can replace them in the future.
With the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in almost half of the large EU companies, the last Europarometer draws a small image of the way people face their use at work, with a mixture of optimism and concern.
The research revealed that 66% of EU workers think that AI and the most recent digital technologies are benefiting their work, while 21% say that AI is harmful to their work.
Malta emerges as the most positive country, with a rate of 85%, followed by Sweden, with 78%, and Lithuania, with 76%.
The most skeptical countries also declare the lowest levels of skills in
The most skeptical country compared to AI is Romania (32%), followed by Italy (25%), Portugal (24%) of France and Belgium (23%).
It should be noted that some of the most skeptical countries also declared the lowest levels of competence in the use of these new technologies.
For example, this rate is lower in Romania (56%), followed by Hungary (60%), Greece (63%), Italy (64%) and Portugal (65%).
At the same time, 9% of the total “does not know” how to evaluate the impact of AI, while 4% say “depends” on the situation.
A third of the Poles think that AI should be used to “automatically say people”
As for how AI at work should be used, most EU responds say that their role should be limited to guaranteeing workers’ safety (67%) and not directly evaluating performance (36%), monitoring workers (31%) or automatically discarding people (16%), although Poland (33%), Romania (28%) and Cyprus (25%) have particularly high rates in this article.
Most people still fear that robots “steal” their work
Despite a relatively positive attitude of AI workers, 66% fear that the use of artificial intelligence and robots cause the loss of jobs. However, a slightly less negative perception compared to five years ago (72%).
A World Economic Forum reported these fears, stating that new technologies could meanEnd of 83 million jobs worldwide in the next three years.
According to the McKinsey consulting firm, the most threatened sectors in Europe could be food, arts and rude and retail trade services.
In any case, the overwhelming majority (73%) agrees that robots and AI can increase the pace of work.
Younger men and generations feel more comfortable with AI
In general, respondents aged 15 to 24 are the most inclined to positively evaluate the impact of new technologies on their work (71%) compared to 61% of respondents over 55 years.
Men are more likely than women to be considered competent enough to use the latest digital technologies, including artificial intelligence in their daily lives (73% against 67%).
