One NZ CEO Jason Paris suspected the number of New Zealanders who actually used AI services was much higher.
“I reckon 100% of Kiwis are using AI, 77% of them knowingly,” he said.
“Because if you think about Google maps, or Spotify, or Netflix, Instagram, or even just email, they have they’ve all got AI algorithms embedded in them.”
The One NZ survey findings are consistent with other studies, including a University of Melbourne and KPMG study which found only 34% of New Zealanders trusted AI, one of the lowest scores globally.
A global poll by Ipsos, which did not include NZ, found a global average of 65% of people thought it was likely artificial intelligence would lead to job losses, with 66% of Australians thinking so.
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