AI Adoption in Canada Uneven as Economic Fears Mount
StatsCan data shows uneven AI adoption across sectors amid rising economic concerns
Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic (an artificial intelligence company based in the United States) recently warned that AI could have disastrous effects on the economy in the coming years.
He stated that AI could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs, potentially driving unemployment to 10–20% within the next five years, according to an interview with the U.S. outlet Axios.
It’s timely, then, that we’ve received new data from Statistics Canada on how many Canadian businesses and organizations are actively using AI today.
Let’s break that data down.
