Passive for the impact that artificial intelligence can have in democracy and human relations in the period until 2040, but also reluctant to entrust smart robots to the care of elderly or patients at home, while Greeks appear to be no longer designed to exist, Human surveillance.

In addition, they appear much more positive than the past in energetic and passive euthanasia in humans and opposed to eugenics, that is, the choice of gender or specific physical characteristics for their children in IVF.

At the same time, Greek society is divided on whether or not the surrogate mothers should receive a remuneration.

The above trends, which reflect the cultural reality especially in Greece, emerge from the first nationwide study of the National Committee on Bioethics and Technology (EBT), conducted in the spring of 2025 in a sample of 1,207 people over 17 years from all over Greece, entitled “Research”.

What do we think about AI, technology and the internet

According to the findings of the survey, approximately 8 in 10 (78%) Greeks and Greeks believe that by 2040 Artificial intelligence will have undermined human relationships (7% estimate they will boost them), while more than six in ten (62%) believe that at the same time it will have a negative impact on democracy (21% believe it will not affect it, while one in ten sees a positive influence).

To the question if we would like to have a Even more sophisticated species that can handle autonomous complex mental procedures (Developing General Artificial Intelligence), the Underground is clearly no, since almost 9 in 10 (86%) respond either that they prefer to always have people surveillance (71%) or that they consider such an evolution rather undesirable (15%).

Only 13% of respondents show confidence in applications that operate without human intervention.

“If you had a robot with sophisticated artificial intelligence, would you trust him to take care of older people or patients at home?” It was the next question. And here, the answer is clear.

73% responds “no” (45%) or “probably no” (28%), while only 25% responds positively (“yes” or “probably yes”).

Greeks and Greeks also declare, in their majority, In favor of reliability control of content circulating onlinesince 56% consider it necessary to prevent misinformation and create false impressions and 36% for the prevention of crimes or other illegal acts.

Overall, the mistrust of the reliability of information on the internet and the need for control is more than twice the percentage of what states that control limits free information (21%) and is a form of censorship (20%).

How do we compare to other peoples in our attitude towards the impact of technology on our lives and its use? “We are more anxious, with more sensitivity to the undermining of democracy, less willing to accept the emergence of general artificial intelligence, with a lesser sense of political adequacy and a more enhanced feeling that we cannot intervene as citizens, to change the protection of democracy. We also believe that the negative “external”, produced by TN will outweigh in 2040 against the positive changes that human regulation and supervision can bring. We also have many biases against the future and technology and we consider it to be more important than an open future, “Mr Tsekeris tells RES-EIA.

In favor of active euthanasia and against eugenics over 70% of Greeks

Significant are the findings in the second part of the bioethics research.

To the question ‘If you could give earlier Instructions for your medical careif you could not decide alone because of the loss of consciousness or mental ability, which of the following options do you prefer? “, The research participants responded as follows:

– One in three (33%) wants his instructions to be absolutely binding for doctors and relatives.

– Two out of ten wish to be binding only their commands that define a specific person as their representative in order to decide their eighties.

– 15% want their instructions not to be binding and that care can decide the best for the person freely, while the percentages of people who give other answers.

To the question of whether they would agree with the interruption of medical support patients in deep coma without the possibility of recovery (‘Passive euthanasia’), 6 in 10 responds affirmatively (yes and probably yes), while fewer than four out of ten express different views, identified with today’s legislation.

In the crucial question of euthanasia (a patient at a final stage, who suffers, to have the option of asking the doctor to administer substances to end his life), 43% are in favor28% also agree, since the person’s family consents (71% in total). It disagrees only 22%, in harmony with the current position of the law.

NO to eugenics

On the contrary, the position on eugenics is absolutely clear: to the question “if you were able to choose the gender or some characteristics of your child (height, eye and hair color) during the process of IVF?”, 72% responds “no”, 12% “

Divided for the surrogate mothers

For the rest, more than 6 out of 10 respondents (62%) believe that a surrogate mother who is pregnant on behalf of others has no right to hold the child.

The Greeks appear to be divided as to whether the woman should be paid (47% responds “yes” and 45% “no”).