Americans Expect Their Favorite Companies to Lend a Hand When Disaster Strikes, LevaData Survey Finds
December 14 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
New Data Reveals that Americans Are Ambivalent
About Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change
LevaData, the company that helps global enterprises improve
gross margins by reducing supply chain costs, today released the
results of a survey exploring changing consumer attitudes related
to major supply chain disruptions, such as artificial intelligence
(AI), climate change, and natural disasters. LevaData determined
that Americans feel ambivalent about artificial intelligence (AI)
and climate change, but expect their favorite companies to get
involved in local relief efforts and to support affected employees
when natural disasters happen.
The survey polled more than 1,000 U.S. adults and was conducted
on behalf of LevaData by Propeller Insights on October 12-16,
2017.
American Sentiments on AI Are Split
Americans are almost evenly divided on whether or not artificial
intelligence will have a positive or negative impact on the future:
just under half (46 percent) say the impact will likely be
negative, while just over half say the impact will be positive (34
percent) or neutral (20 percent).
More than two-thirds of Americans (64 percent) believe that AI
will eliminate certain jobs, and more than half (52 percent) say
the rise of AI will mean fewer jobs, period.
Interestingly, most Americans are not too concerned about their
own job—21 percent say AI won’t replace their job in the next ten
years, and 41 percent say AI will never replace their job. But this
confidence decreases the younger the demographic: while 57 percent
of Baby Boomers say their jobs will never be replaced by AI, only
31 percent of Millennials feel as certain, and half of Millennials
(50 percent) say AI will replace their job in the next 1-10
years.
But this is not the only impact Americans foresee AI having on
the job market:
- 28 percent of Americans expect to soon
be working alongside a robot
- 27 percent anticipate a drop in
wages
- 18 percent expect to be able to shop
without human interaction
- 13 percent say AI will help them do
their jobs
- 10 percent say jobs on Wall Street will
be automated
Americans anticipate that many industries will be affected by
AI; top among them:
- Manufacturing – 33 percent
- Customer service – 18 percent
- Shipping and logistics – 13
percent
- Transportation – 8 percent
- Sales – 7 percent
Food Costs, Coastlines and Natural Disasters Top of
Mind
When it comes to the world’s changing climate, Americans feel
most worried about rising food prices (44 percent) and the loss of
coastline (40 percent). Other things keeping them up at night
include:
- Diminishing food options at the
supermarket – 26 percent
- An increase in refugees – 17
percent
- Higher clothing pricing – 12
percent
- Being forced to move – 11 percent
- Losing their favorite destinations – 11
percent
Amazingly, more than one in five Americans (22 percent) do not
feel worried about global climate change, although this includes
far more Baby Boomers (27 percent) than Millennials (16
percent).
In the wake of a natural disaster, Americans want companies to
lend a helping hand and say they would blame their favorite brands
for:
- Failing to help affected employees – 41
percent
- Failing to give time off to affected
employees – 39 percent
- Not supporting local relief efforts –
36 percent
- Failing to donate to victims – 30
percent
“Supply chain companies and markets are being transformed by the
adoption of AI solutions, as well as global climate change and the
apparent increase in natural disasters. In the midst of these
extraordinary and unique environmental and technological changes,
we remain committed to delivering measurable and impactful
solutions and strategies to our customers in the world’s leading
supply chain organizations,” added LevaData CEO Rajesh
Kalidindi.
About LevaData
LevaData, the Cognitive Sourcing™ Platform, offers global
enterprises the ability to improve gross margins by reducing supply
chain costs, with a focus on transforming the way global
enterprises source products and services. Customers include leaders
in the top global supply chain organizations, as well as
medium-sized OEMs seeking to achieve best-in-class direct materials
sourcing practices. LevaData is privately held and headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California. For more information,
visit www.levadata.com.
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