Expected Benefits and Dangers of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption by Developers Worldwide

Proof Point

Stack Overflow report identified job automation as top expected benefit from ML and AI by developers worldwide in 2018

Expected Benefits and Dangers of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption by Developers Worldwide

2018 (percentage)

Note: Data from Stack Overflow’s 2018 Developer Survey of 63,115 respondents who chose one option as top expectation

Proof Point Findings

  • Job Automation – 41% of developers surveyed by Stack Overflow expects to benefit from increased job automation due to machine learning and AI adoption, significantly higher than 20% of respondents who think it is dangerous
  • Decision-Making – More developers see potential danger than benefit in letting AI and machine algorithms make important decisions
  • Key Growth Drivers – Include exponentially advancing computing power, proliferation of artificial intelligence applications, and increasing availability of large volumes of company, customer, and industry data

Accelerator
Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Analytics

Market Disruption
Technology Unemployment

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices
Data, Interfaces and Algorithms

Sector
Information Technology

Source

Date Last Updated
May 29, 2018

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