Less than 10% of Chinese public worried about AI destroying jobs: survey

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China is better positioned than many other nations to lead in artificial intelligence due to the public’s “strikingly positive” attitude towards the technology, according to a new survey by University College London.

Less than 10 per cent of respondents in China worried that AI would make it harder to find a job and about one-third believed the technology would create more high-skilled work, the survey found.

A whopping 96 per cent of Chinese people surveyed said they used AI at work every week and 79 per cent thought university students should be taught to use it “effectively”, according to the findings released on Monday.

University College London conducted the poll in China in collaboration with the London-based consultancy Public First.

“Our research suggests that while there is global anxiety around AI, there is also a widespread belief among the Chinese public that AI can support future skills and higher-value work,” Public First said in a statement.

“New polling … suggests the Chinese public are not only using AI widely, but are broadly confident about its impact on work, education and skills,” it added.

Concerns about AI’s potential to disrupt the job market have emerged in China over recent months. In early May, a Chinese court ruled it was illegal for a company to terminate a worker in favour of using a cheaper AI tool. Government advisers have also called on Beijing to set “red lines” to guide the industry’s development.

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