How IT Professionals Perceive Artificial Intelligence Myths

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been recently attracting a lot of attention despite its long history. A good part of its presence in media and non-technical conversations is linked to existing myths and fears about its effects on humans and society. Literature has already analyzed how this type of information influences the general public and non- technical professionals but not how IT professionals react to AI myths. This article shows the results of a survey to a wide and varied sample of European IT professionals offering first insights on their perception of AI myths.