Vast majority of Irish people believe greater regulation of AI needed for public safety [Video]

Four in five people (83%) believe greater regulation is required around the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to protect public safety, according to research commissioned by Engineers Ireland.

In a survey of a representative sample of more than 1,000 adults conducted by Interactions Research, two-thirds (66%) expressed concerns about AI’s future impact on jobs, but 61% agreed that AI is beneficial for performing more routine tasks.

A fifth (20%) of respondents said they currently use AI tools in their jobs, most commonly large language models such as ChatGPT for content creation tasks.

Those using AI in the workplace on a daily basis were less likely to be concerned about the potential of AI replacing jobs and a need for further regulation.

Respondents were also surveyed about their attitudes towards other emergent areas of technology. Almost two in three (65%) said that they believe the use of robotics to be useful alternatives to humans …