In 2024, 72% of Chinese consumers expressed trust in AI and 90% considered autonomous driving beneficial, while only 32% of US consumers reported trust in AI and acceptance rates for autonomous driving remained lower in Germany, the US and Japan than in China.
What factors are driving these regional differences and how might they shape the speed and approach to deploying autonomous robots?
Speakers:
Zhu Qiuguo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Deep Robotics
Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information, Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda
Kishor Patil, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, KPIT Technologies
Eleanor Olcott, China Technology Correspondent, The Financial Times
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