As with AI, Asian publics surveyed stand out for their relatively positive views of the impact of job automation. Many Asian publics have made major strides in the development of robotics and AI. The South Korean and Singaporean manufacturing industries, for instance, have the highest and second highest robot density of anywhere in the world. Singapore is also pursuing its goal of becoming the world's first "smart nation," and the government has identified AI as one of many key development areas necessary to reach that goal. Japan has also long been a world leader in robotics manufacturing and development, and robots and AI are increasingly integrated into everyday life there to help with tasks ranging from household chores to elder care.

A.I. is a relatively well-known term in the modern world but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's well-understood by the general public. That's thanks in no small part to the widespread use of narrow A.I. – that's artificial intelligence with strict operating parameters that nearly everybody uses at one point or another. In fact, in the strictest sense, it's probably safe to say that the current forms of A.I. aren't consistent with what defines a "true" A.I. The technology would need to become as adaptable and "smart" as humans are to reach that point. However, that particular definition is also all too subjective and the A.I. that does exist is nothing to scoff at. DeepMind, for example, has only been in existence since 2010 and was only acquired by Google in 2014.