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According to Vadim Sabashny, CEO of LANIT-TERCOM (part of the LANIT Group), Russians' wary attitude toward AI is due to two polar opinions: "In the first case, there is a vision that AI can solve problems better and faster than people. This is what causes rejection of the technology as a competitor in the labor market. Some view AI as a toy, the popularity of which will gradually fade away as the excitement subsides. I myself do not share such views, but I will note that AI is not a cure for all diseases. This is a technology that must be used correctly, which requires significant investment of effort and resources."

sees the main reason bahrain whatsapp resource for Russians' wary attitude toward AI as concerns about job security: "It is important to note that many are afraid of changing professions. Simply put, a smart machine will replace a person. This is partly true, but only for a narrow segment of specialties, while for most professions, labor efficiency will increase, since AI will perform routine tasks."

Vladimir Yakimkov, project manager at SimbirSoft LLC, attributes the cautious attitude toward AI to the fear of job losses, increased control and supervision, and possible abuses (for example, creating deepfakes or manipulating public opinion). However, in his opinion, big business will not be able to abandon AI in order to avoid falling behind in technology.

Innostage product manager Evgeny Surkov believes that there are certain grounds for pessimism: "Pessimism among citizens may be caused by fear of government interference, especially large, unaccountable structures, including commercial structures, in private life. The potential opportunities of large structures in this area are strongly linked in the minds of citizens to the topic of big data and the artificial intelligence used to process it."

"AI has great potential that can be used for dishonest purposes. For example, cybercriminals use AI tools to recognize letters and numbers by the sound of keys (including passwords and confidential information), create deepfakes to hack digital devices that use biometrics to confirm identity, etc.," continues Lyudmila Bogatyreva, head of the IT department of the Polylog Agency and author of the GOS IT Bogatyreva Telegram channel.

Denis Vodeneev, Director of the IBS Automated Testing Department, linked the pessimism of Russians to the fact that in Russia the implementation of AI in people's everyday life is limited either to domestic services or to more or less narrowly specialized solutions: "In the everyday life of the Western public, such systems as ChatGPT, Midjourney, Bart and others participate very actively. So accessibility remains a driver for assessing efficiency. On the business side, there are already cases of successful implementation of AI. But the share of necessary investments, as well as the awareness of the real lack of need, already slightly reduces the initial trend for the implementation of AI everywhere."

Ilya Petukhov, Head of AI Solutions Development Projects at Directum, cites the reasons for mistrust of AI as insufficient awareness and misconceptions about the capabilities of the technology: "Frightening and alarming news is better replicated, so exaggerated fears, imposed by information noise, often remain on the surface, that AI will replace humans, leave everyone without work, etc. The situation of personnel shortage helps to relieve these concerns. But there is another problem - inflated expectations from AI. Based on experience communicating with Directum clients, many of them expect AI to do absolutely everything for people, and it will not need to be controlled. But user expectations collide with an imperfect reality, giving rise to disappointment."