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Survey: 33.35% of Thai Netizens Fear AI-Induced Job Loss

Survey: 33.35% of Thai Netizens Fear AI-Induced Job Loss

Matichon•Economy•44m ago

Reader Briefing

A survey of Thai netizens shows significant AI adoption for creative and administrative work alongside widespread fear of job displacement.

  • •Microsoft's Global AI Diffusion report shows Thailand has the second-highest AI growth rate globally.
  • •RealWatch Lab surveyed Thai netizens from January 1 to August 31, 2026, analyzing 26,399 messages.
  • •The top concern among Thai netizens is unemployment due to AI replacing humans, cited by 33.35%.
  • •AI is primarily used by Thai netizens for creative work (36.01%) and document management (31.07%).

Overview

  • •The proportion of the working-age population in Thailand using AI seriously increased from 9.1% in the first half of 2025 to 12.4% in the first quarter of 2026.
  • •Thailand's AI growth rate ranks second globally, following South Korea at 43.2% and leading Japan at 34.1%.
  • •RealWatch Lab analyzed 26,399 social media messages between January 1 and August 31, 2026, to study AI usage and concerns.
  • •Thai netizens utilize AI most for creative tasks (36.01%), document work (31.07%), organizational workflow adjustment (13.61%), education (11.08%), and specialized data analysis (8.23%).
  • •The most prominent concern among Thai netizens is the fear of unemployment (33.35%), followed by concerns over AI reliability and accuracy (30.96%).
  • •Additional concerns include long-term economic and social impacts (15.15%), decline in human skills (15.03%), and data privacy and security (5.51%).
  • •Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, resigned and alleged that Anthropic and OpenAI are betting with people's lives.
  • •Some AI creators believe the technology could lead to human extinction by the end of this decade.

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Key Quotes

Jacob Coxon
"betting with people's lives"
เดิมพันด้วยชีวิตของผู้คน

Key Entities

Organization

Microsoft(ไมโครซอฟท์)ℹ️
The organization that issued the Global AI Diffusion report.
RealWatch Lab(เรียลวอทช์ แล๊ป (RealWatch Lab))
The research and data analytics division of Real Smart Public Company Limited that surveyed Thai netizens.
Real Smart Public Company Limited(บริษัท เรียล สมาร์ท จำกัด(มหาชน))
An AI-Data Driven Technology company.
OpenAIℹ️
An AI development company whose researchers support slowing advanced AI development.
Anthropicℹ️
An AI development company from which researcher Jacob Coxon resigned.

Place

South Korea(เกาหลีใต้)ℹ️
The country with the highest AI growth rate at 43.2%.
Japan(ญี่ปุ่น)ℹ️
The country with an AI growth rate of 34.1%.

Person

Jacob Coxon(เจคอบ ค็อกซัน)
A researcher from Anthropic who resigned and warned about the risks of AI.