The report Artificial Intelligence in Slovenia 2024: Use and Attitudes was published in December. The research was conducted as part of the 1KA panel (June 2024) on n = 869 units. It is available here. The main findings are as follows:
- Generative artificial intelligence (GenUI) was used by 25% of Internet users in Slovenia in the last 3 months.
- In terms of use and attitudes towards GenUI, we detect a trend that coincides with the general pattern of early adoption of new technologies. Among Internet users, the subgroups
- with higher use of GenUI are men, residents of urban settlements and regions, and people with more than secondary education. Those in school also stand out, as well as those in employment to a certain extent. The use of GenUI decreases with age but generally increases with education. Higher use is also found among advanced Internet users.
- The main reasons for using GenUI are curiosity (95%) and use for private purposes (82%).
- Daily GenUI users (9%) currently represent only 2% of all internet users. In terms of daily use, we are still in the early stages of GenUI adoption.
- Comparisons with US research show that Slovenian users are not lagging behind in terms of GenUI use, but they show lower awareness of GenUI potential, and above all, they are less concerned about the development of GenUI.
- Users trust GenUI results significantly less than experts (2.3).
- Almost a tenth of GenUI users already use GenUI daily to complete work faster.
- Regarding the ban on the use of AI in education (3.0), respondents are divided into two equal parts, with 29% of respondents explicitly supporting such a ban. A general ban on the use of AI also has some support (2.5), while a general ban is explicitly supported by 11%.