49% of IT professionals believe AI poses an existential threat to humanity

According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, 49% of IT professionals believe innovation in AI presents an existential threat to humanity. Despite that, many other experts see AI as a companion who helps with various tasks rather than a future enemy.

The report shows that:

• 49% of IT professionals believe innovation in AI presents an existential threat to humanity.
• 55% feel that AI will create major data privacy issues.
• 74% of IT professionals think AI will automate tasks and enable more time to focus on strategic initiatives.
• In the next 2 years, 45% of IT professionals plan to use AI for data analytics.
• 41% of experts are thinking of employing AI for automation.

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The first part of the report covers IT professionals’ perspectives on artificial intelligence. The second part of the report goes over how IT professionals plan to use AI in the next 2 years.