Is AI a friend or a foe to Singaporeans?

Four in 10 fear AI will replace their job in the next five years.

More than half of Singaporeans (64%) believe that AI  offers more benefits than downsides, an Ipsos survey revealed. In Europe and North America, only 37% believe so.

According to 41% of Singaporeans, one of the downsides of AI is that it may replace their current job in the next five years.

Only 54% of Singaporeans also believe that companies using AI will protect their personal information.

Singaporeans' trust level towards AI is still higher than those in Japan, US and France, where only 32% trusted AI companies to protect their data.

The survey was not without optimism for the future of AI, with 65% of Singaporeans expressing excitement for products and services that use it.

With AI seeing rapid growth in popularity, two-thirds of Singaporeans claim to have a good understanding of what AI is, whilst 57% say they are aware of the AI products and services available to them.