{"id":25450,"date":"2022-09-15T09:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=25450"},"modified":"2022-09-15T09:09:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:09:25","slug":"concerns-about-use-of-ai-technology-revealed-in-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/concerns-about-use-of-ai-technology-revealed-in-new-study\/25450\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns about the use of AI technology revealed in new study"},"content":{"rendered":"
The study observes the use of AI technology in areas such as entertainment, shopping services and helping to find criminals.<\/p>\n
In Japan, people tended to report more concern about AI used to fight crime. Alternatively, it was found that Germans and Americans tended to report more concern over the ethical and social aspects of using AI in entertainment.<\/p>\n
AI is a universal and advanced technology. It involves the use of machines that mimic and display cognitive human skills, such as learning and problem-solving. Examples of AI include self-driving cars and machines that understand human speech.<\/p>\n
It is currently being used differently across the world and has received both positive and negative reviews.<\/p>\n
Countries each have their own ethics policy when it comes to AI. In Japan, guidelines state that the use of AI needs to be regulated to decrease people\u2019s concerns. However, in the US, they emphasise the need to maximise the social benefits of AI.<\/p>\n
The differing attitudes towards AI between countries was recognised by researchers and they say understanding these differences are \u2018increasingly important\u2019 before deploying new forms of AI technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found there is a difference in the AI and ethical, social and legal levels of understanding between countries. I think it will become important to carry out thorough discussions about the legal and policy issues surrounding AI,\u201d said Yuko Ikkatai, Associate Professor at Kanazawa University.<\/p>\n
Online surveys were performed in Japan, Germany and the US. They asked people to consider social, ethical and legal issues of AI technology when looking at scenarios and answering questions. Scenarios included looking at the use of AI technology for singers, customer purchases and the prediction of criminal activities.<\/p>\n
Around 1000 respondents from each country were chosen, which reflected their country\u2019s population for age, gender and location.<\/p>\n
After analysing their results, the researchers were able to separate responses into four groups: people with optimistic views, people with negative views, people concerned about legal issues, and those not concerned about legal issues.<\/p>\n
Older respondents were found to be the most concerned about the ethical and social issues of AI technology, whereas those more familiar with AI were more worried about legal implications.<\/p>\n
Concerns also varied across the three countries surveyed. In regard to using AI technology for shopping purposes, respondents in Germany were most concerned about ethical issues. In Japan, legal issues associated with AI were the biggest concern.<\/p>\n
In the US, respondents were concerned about the social, ethical and legal issues of using AI technology to predict criminal activity.<\/p>\n