MOSCOW, June 22. /TASS/. Russians demonstrate greater optimism toward artificial intelligence than Americans, says RBC referring to a comparative study conducted by the analytical center of VCIOM, which used data from a Pew Research Center survey and carried out a similar poll in Russia.

In this way, the use of AI in daily life worries 25% of respondents in Russia and 50% in the USA.

At the same time, 47% of respondents in Russia stated that the development of the technology evokes anxiety and excitement alike, while in the USA the number of those respondents was 10% lower.

Russians are more often willing to trust AI to perform tasks involving analyzing large amounts of information. For example, 61% of survey participants in Russia believe the technology should play a significant role in detecting financial crimes, while only 35% of Americans hold that view. Nearly half of Americans (47%) and 38% of Russians think that AI should not be used in selecting candidates for jury service.

Residents of both countries also stand against the use of AI in government decision-making (60% of Americans, 59% of Russians), as well as in matters of religion (73% in both countries) and personal relations. People are mostly afraid of losing the ability to think on one`s own, communicate, and engage in creative work.