What do Poles think about emerging technologies? Have their views changed during the largest home-based experiment in the world? Find out more about this in a new study from the Digital Poland.

Digital Poland-  A demeanor with the aim of making Poland one of the world's leading digital innovation hubs. "Technology at the service of society" is the foundation's new paper. Is Poles a culture 5.0 going to be? "The results of a survey measuring Polish new technology attitudes in 2020 are presented. It is important to note that since the previous survey in 2019 the number of technology enthusiasts in Poland has fallen dramatically from 40% to just 26%. Around the same time, over the previous twelve months, the number of technology detractors has grown from 38% to 54%. The majority of the interviewees were either selective applications (6%) or technology rejecters (14%). The study reveals that the majority of technology enthusiasts in Poland are young (under 44), relatively decent at school, have higher education, and live in major cities.

97% of Poles are typical of the view that technology is important to economic development and promotes daily life. Most Poles, however, agree that technological innovation may have an adverse impact on society: most respondents assume that consumers now communicate less and that consumers have lost control of how their personal information is processed and used by internet businesses. More than half of the respondents still concern about the prospect of job substitution for robotics and artificial intelligence.

Growing tech while the pandemic

The study indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Poles' technology views adversely because they have to rely more than ever on automated resources to perform their everyday tasks. Poland's abrupt lockout in March meant that many businesses and public institutions had to transfer their services online without sufficient planning. While several organizations appear to have managed the problem better than expected and about 70 percent of Poles claim they want to do their job from home, it is with apprehension or even criticism that the swift transition to online education is being discussed. Just about 40% of Poles view online education favorably, as shown in the study. It will only take time to tell how the pandemic will further impact Polish perceptions on the use of technologies in other aspects of life.