A recent survey of nearly 2,000 professionals in the U.S. and United Kingdom across industries such as construction, manufacturing and health care shows workers’ concerns about artificial intelligence are hampering their companies’ adoption of technology, according to Construction Dive.
The survey from project management software maker Quickbase shows 94% of workers range from slightly to extremely concerned about the effects of AI on data security, compliance or privacy risks. Additionally, 42% of respondents named those factors as the largest barriers to their companies’ adoption of AI, ranking higher than implementation costs or perceived return on investment.
The survey also examined productivity, finding 58% of respondents spent less than 20 hours per week on work that created meaningful results. Additionally, 45% of respondents spent more than 11 hours per work week chasing information across different people and systems.
Seventy-four percent of respondents said that compared with one year ago, the amount of manual work in their jobs has either increased or stayed the same. Additionally, 94% of respondents said they felt overwhelmed by the number of software products they need to use every day to get their work done, which is up from 87% in 2023.
Although 92% of respondents were curious on some level about AI-powered tools that could boost productivity and efficiency, only 10% of respondents claimed to be “extremely confident” in the accuracy of their key project information.
