Danish young people worry that artificial intelligence will erode trust and credibility
Although young people are aware of the potential of AI in relation to, for example, business innovation and healthcare, they are overwhelmingly concerned about the technology's negative impact on a number of issues, particularly related to political trust and credibility of information and decisions.
Executive Summary
- 51% of Danish young people aged 18-30 believe that AI will negatively affect trust in politicians.
- 74% of Danish young people believe there is a high risk of blind trust in results and recommendations created by AI.
- 70% of young people in Denmark are worried that AI increases the amount of misinformation and manipulation.
- 56% of young people see a risk of growing social inequality between those who master new technologies and those who do not.
- 64% believe that the adoption of AI in the future will have a positive or mostly positive impact on business innovation, while 51% have a mostly positive belief in AI's impact on health.
