A survey was conducted to understand public attitudes to artificial intelligence and its different uses in Britain. This report explores the perceptions of the public on the benefits and dangers of AI in areas such as assessing risk, robotics, and facial recognition.

Reading time: 97 minutes.

Topics: Public attitudes to artificial intelligence, governance and regulation of AI, impacts of AI on British life.

How to use this resource: Section 4 has key information that would be helpful to policymakers, researchers, regulators concerned with AI technologies, developers/designers of AI technology, organisations interested in using or incorporating AI-driven technology, civil society organisations, and members of the public.

Reliability: For information about the research process, see Section 3 for the methodology and Section 6 for greater detail in the Appendix. The Ada Lovelace Institute is an independent research institute focused on ensuring data and AI is beneficial to people and to society. The Alan Turing Institute is a centre dedicated to data science and AI research, innovation, and education.