Millenials Don't Trust Robots, But They're Not Worried They're Going To Steal Their Jobs Either

Artificial Intelligence experts may not all agree on how dangerous autonomous robots could be. But one thing they do agree on is that they¡¯ll eventually take a lot of human jobs, and we need to prepare for the consequences.

However, their fear isn¡¯t shared by everyone, especially where millennials are concerned. In fact, young adults today believe that advancing technology is actually creating more jobs than it¡¯s taking away.

In the World Economic Forum's Global Shapers 2017 survey, thousands of participants between the ages between 18 and 35 from 186 countries answered various questions concerning the economy, technology, and their ideas about the future.

Of the 24,000 respondents, 78.6 per cent said they believe technology helps create jobs, while the rest insisted it¡¯s eliminating them for humans. That ratio is higher in more financially well off countries, with lower-income nations having just 61 percent voting for ¡°creating¡±.

Additionally, it seems young people also believe Artificial Intelligence is the next big technology trend, with 28 per cent of the participants voting for it. Biotechnology, in second place, got 11.5 percent of the votes, robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT) 9.3 per cent each, and driverless cars 7.1 per cent.

It¡¯s only natural, considering the younger generations have grown up in a world where technology is prevalent and easily accessible. In addition, AI is currently poised to take the kinds of jobs most aren¡¯t drawn towards anyways; that of drivers, data analysers, and such.

Millennials are not entirely complacent, however. Half of those questioned said they wouldn¡¯t trust decisions made by a robot on their behalf, while the other 50 per cent was split between those who would, and those on the fence.

If nothing else, at least we can make sure the next few generations are keyed in and have watched the ¡®Terminator¡¯ movie at least once.