Appendices

Appendix 1: Template of the questionnaire

1. Your gender

· Male

· Female

2. Do you know what artificial intelligence is?

· Yes

· No

3. Artificial intelligence is an area of computer science that emphasizes the creation of intelligent machines, that work and reacts like humans (e.g. robots, androids).

· I understood the meaning. Next question, please.

4. To your mind on which of the below shown spheres the development of the robotics impacts mostly?

· Economics

· Education

· Medicine

· Ecology

· Human life security

· All of them

· Difficult to answer

5. Do the human beings need the robots? Give reasons.

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6. Do you want to work with robots?

· Yes

· No

7. Do you think that robots can be a reason for reducing workplaces on labour market?

· No, increase in their number does not influence on the unemployment rate.

· No, increase in their number does not really influence on the unemployment rate.

· If yes, why do you think so?

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8. To your way of thinking is the problem of the interference of robots with the world labour market becoming actual in the recent years?

· Yes, in recent years the number of robots has grown rapidly.

· Yes, I noticed that for modern employees people with technical degree are more valuable than other ones.

· No, because

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9. Should humans solve this problem?

· No

· If yes, give your recommendations

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10. When robots will be widely used in Kazakhstan?

· After 5-10 years

· After 10-15 years

· After 20-25 years

· Never

· I do not care

Thank you for your participation in this online survey!

Appendix 2: Survey outcomes

Question 1

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered
Male	30.36%
Female	69.64%
Overall	100%

As it is shown on the table above high percentage of participants was female gendered.

Question 2

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered	Males	Females
Yes	67.86%		76.47%	65.78%
No	32.14%		23.52%	36.84%
Overall	100%		100%	100%

More than two thirds of people know what artificial intelligence is.

Question 3

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered
I understood the meaning. Next question, please.	100%
Overall	100%

Participants were familiarized with the term artificial intelligence.

Question 4

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered
Economics	11.9%
Education	14.29%
Medicine	21.43%
Ecology	2.38%
Human life security	9.52%
All of them	30.95%
Difficult to answer	9.52%
Overall	100%

Question 5

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered
Yes	61.9%
No	19%
It depends on the purposes they are used for	4.76%
I do not know	7.14%
Both yes and no	7.14%
Overall	100%

Reasons for:

Answers	People answered
It can help educate students.
Human beings need people that have an intellect no matter artificial or natural.
When they are working, there is no human factor, thus they make fewer mistakes.
Thanks to them productivity rises.
They make everyday life easier.
They are better at multitasking than homo sapiens.
Humans are lazy.
They can replace blue collar workers.
Technology should develop.
Did not give reasons

Reasons against:

Answers	People answered
They do not feel anything.
If they are wrong constructed, then they can damage human beings.
Unemployment rate amongst humans will rise.
People can do everything by their own (without robots).
They slow down human progression.
Did not give reasons

Question 6

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered	Males	Females
Yes	47.62%		46.15%	48.27%
No	52.38%		53.84%	51.72%
Overall	100%		100%	100%

Question 7

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered
No, increase in their number does not influence on the unemployment rate.	16.67%
No, increase in their number does not really influence on the unemployment rate.	14.29%
Yes	69.05%
Overall	100%

If yes, why do you think so:

Answers	People answered
With the advent of robots people are not needed.
Robots can replace many people.
They work for free, as government should not pay them salary.
Robots can work without breaks.
People become lazier.
Working with robots is easier for employers.
Productivity rises.
They will transcend people in many fields.
Reason is not suitable to the question.

Question 8

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered
Yes, in recent years the number of robots has grown rapidly.	30.95%
Yes, I noticed that for modern employees people with technical degree are more valuable than other ones.	59.52%
No	9.52%
Overall	100%

No, because:

Answers	People answered
Now their quantity is not so big.
Did not give reasons.

Question 9

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered	Males	Females
Yes	30.95%		15.38%	37.93%
No	69.05%		84.61%	62.06%
Overall	100%		100%	100%

If yes, give your recommendations:

Answers	People answered
Create new professions that robots cannot replace humans.
Reduce number of AI.
I do not know.

Question 10

Response options	Answers in percentage	People answered
After 5-10 years	14.29%
After 10-15 years	30.95%
After 20-25 years	36.71%
Never	2.38%
I do not care.	16.67%
Overall	100%

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