Survey: Most executives in Asia don't fear AI and automation

The majority of company executives in Asia view artificial intelligence and automation as opportunity instead of threat, despite their varying levels of willingness to embrace them, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit that was released in October.

The survey findings stated that 70 percent of business leaders polled felt this way, with 47.6 percent of those within this group even identifying AI and automation as a "big opportunity".

Only 7.3 percent of 500 country-level CEOs and presidents viewed them as "major threats".