According to the One Young World community, the response to exponential expansion of generative AI was mixed. Almost a third of respondents were concerned that AI would replace their jobs in five years time, however, a quarter (24%) believed that there should be no external regulation in the development of AI, an increase of nearly 14 percentage points compared to last year. Whilst the number of respondents who thought AI should be banned increased marginally from one to two percent, the biggest drop was in those believing that the tech industry and government need to develop AI safeguards jointly.
The One Young World community felt that both businesses and educational organisations needed to do more to prepare young people for the AI revolution. When asked to rate how well their education prepared them for the technology of today, the average score was 2.3 out of five. This score increased only marginally to 2.5 when respondents were asked how well they thought their workplace was upskilling their workforce to respond to the AI revolution.
With this in mind, what can we do to make sure that AI and other new technologies are developed in a socially responsible manner, which not only seeks to protect humanity, but ensures that vulnerable members of society are not detrimentally affected?
