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TU Darmstadt found the people who know AI best fear it most

A representative TU Darmstadt survey of more than 2,000 people in Germany found that about 43% of those with very strong AI knowledge expect AI could soon take over their work, a higher share than among those who understand it less. Only 15% of respondents have had any AI training, eighteen months after the AI Act’s literacy obligation began to apply.

The better people understand AI, the more they expect it to take their job. About 43% of those with very strong AI knowledge think so, TU Darmstadt found.

The survey covered more than 2,000 people in Germany, carried out with YouGov. It is representative, and the answers are measured against last year’s edition.

“Those who understand AI best are also the most aware of its disruptive potential,” said Peter Buxmann, who led the study. He called the pattern both remarkable and worrying.

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