Most respondents expected adverse impacts related to AI to be of low severity in the coming two years. In fact most assessed it as between a severity of two and three, with one being the lowest. Only five percent believed the risk was high.
Estimated severity of outcome from artificial intelligence (AI) technology usage in the next two years, 2024 and 2025
Source notes: "Severity was assessed on a 1-7 Likert scale (1- Low severity, 7- High severity). The percentages in the graphs may not add up to 100% because figures have been rounded up/down."
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