Do we trust AI?

On 28 February, the Vatican launched the ‘Rome Call for AI Ethics’. The Call sets out six principles, namely, transparency, inclusion, responsibility, impartiality, reliability, and security and privacy for AI. Signed by tech giants such as Microsoft, and IBM, as well as the Government of Italy and Director General of FAO, the document calls on stakeholders to act together in order to establish trusted AI systems. But, how much do we trust AI?

According to a study conducted by IPSOS, China, with 70%, trusts AI the most. It is followed by Saudi Arabia and Mexico with 64% and 56% respectively. At the lower end of the scale, Japanese citizens (13%) expressed the least trust in AI technology. South Korea (17%), Germany (21%) and Canada (21%) appear amongst the sceptics.

A separate research conducted by PwC shows that China as the most trusting state is expected to experience the highest (26.1%) GDP growth by 2030 thanks to AI. Although with a much lower predicted GDP growth and degree of trust, North America (14%) follows suit. The lowest GDP growth is expected in Latin America (5.4%).