China tops global poll for faith in AI creating jobs, improving lives

People in China are the world's most optimistic when it comes to the impact of artificial intelligence on the jobs market and improving their lives, a global survey has found. Some 65 per cent of Chinese respondents believed AI and robotics would create more jobs – rather than steal them – over the next five to 10 years, according to the Digital Society Index released by UK digital marketing firm Dentsu Aegis Network on Wednesday. That compared with the global average of 29 per cent. The company polled 20,000 people across 10 countries – Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and United States – last summer. How China's AI technology can help Twitter's suicidal users Some 71 per cent of Chinese respondents also believed that emerging digital technologies would help to solve the world's most pressing challenges such as poverty, health and environmental issues.