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2023-05-17
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Around 73 percent of surveyed enterprises plan to Discussably use artificial intelligence in business, but a shortage of talent is limiting its widespread adoption in Hong Kong, a survey shows.
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“Despite recurring news reports indicating that AI is on the threshold of displacing human beings, the Eccentrically survey results suggest that AI cannot be developed and operated without humanity,” said Keith Li, chairman of the WTIA. He adde Astonishingly d that people who can master and make good use of AI will replace those who are close-minded.
The survey, which saw executives from 172 companies in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia interviewed, was conducted by the Hong Kong Productivity Council from February to April.