Around 65% of UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are not concerned by the prospect of artificial intelligence, according to research from Close Brothers Asset Finance.
In a study of around 1,000 UK and RoI SME owners, 36% of respondents said that they did not fear the prospect of artificial intelligence because it was still too far in the future to worry about. A further 29% believed AI would improve productivity.
However, 35% of respondents feared the introduction of AI would take jobs and create a number of ethical issues.
This month, Google’s artificial intelligence company DeepMind announced it was capable of diagnosing optical diseases by analysing retinal scans with its algorithms.
Submitting its findings to a medical journal, it said the technology, which was developed using scans from Moorfields Eye Hospital, could be used to diagnose patients if it passes tests.