2024-09-01-世界银行-到底谁在使用人工智能_（英）_58页_6mb

报告摘要

Summary

Insights and Key Findings

Growing Global Adoption:
- ChatGPT currently accounts for roughly 82.5% of traffic among the world’s top 40 generative AI tools, receiving over 3 billion visits monthly.
- The technology has spread to 209 nations in just 20+ months since its popular release, reaching nearly every economy. ChatGPT usage is significantly more prevalent in middle-income countries relative to their economic size.
User Demographic Profile:
- Generative AI users are heavily skewed toward young (25岁以下), educated (high college graduation rates), male populations.
- The gender gap is particularly pronounced with video generation tools, while chatbot users are more highly educated, reflecting a professional orientation.
Country-Level Factors Driving Adoption:
- Income level, youth population share, digital infrastructure (especially high-speed broadband), digital skills, and English proficiency are strong predictors of generative AI adoption.
- Countries with a strong digital service sector, white-collar workforce, and English fluency show higher chatbot usage, though impact varies by tool type (video tools require higher internet speeds).
Early Impacts on Online Activity:
- Generative AI tools like ChatGPT are beginning to disrupt online traffic patterns. For example, websites like Wikipedia, Google Translate, and Stack Overflow faced drops in traffic after GPT-4’s release but later rebounded after integrating AI features.
- Usage of ChatGPT is changing information-seeking behaviors, language processing, and skill learning activities.
Digital Divide & Future Outlook:
- The research reveals a significant digital divide with low-income countries receiving the least generative AI usage (less than 1% of ChatGPT traffic), while middle-income countries drive the vast majority of engagement.
- Ongoing efforts should focus on improving local language generative AI tools, promoting multilingual capabilities, and enhancing digital infrastructure in low- and middle-income economies to ensure equitable development.