Only 3 Percent of Poles Want AI-Only Training, ClickMeeting Survey Finds

Poles don't want artificial intelligence to teach them. A survey commissioned by the ClickMeeting platform found that just 3 percent of respondents would choose a training course run entirely by AI, while nearly half reject outright a model in which artificial intelligence prepares the materials and runs the learning process on its own.

What the survey found

The survey was carried out for ClickMeeting by the research agency Quantify. It used the CAWI method, meaning online questionnaires filled out independently by respondents. The poll was conducted in June 2026 on a representative sample of a thousand people aged 18 and over.

The results are unambiguous. The largest group, 39 percent of those surveyed, are people who prefer live training led by an expert. Another 25 percent would choose material prepared in advance by a human but available to watch at any time. Only after that come solutions involving artificial intelligence: a model combining a human host with AI was picked by 6 percent of respondents, and training run entirely by artificial intelligence by just 3 percent.

A trust barrier

The most telling figure is the share of people who reject AI involvement in teaching altogether. 48 percent of respondents do not accept a model in which artificial intelligence independently prepares educational materials and runs classes. Even more, 63 percent, said they would not take part in a webinar led by a virtual expert, meaning an avatar or digital figure generated by AI instead of a live host.

Interestingly, skepticism toward AI in education does not decrease with age, and in some respects it's the opposite. Among Generation Z, meaning people aged 18-29, as many as 54 percent reject education led by artificial intelligence, and 64 percent would not take part in a webinar with a virtual expert. This is the group that, in theory, uses digital tools most often in daily life, yet it defends the presence of humans in the learning process most strongly.

What young people fear

The data on Generation Z sheds new light on the common assumption that younger technology users are automatically more willing to hand tasks over to artificial intelligence. The survey found that 41 percent of young people consider it improper and unethical for AI to complete tasks in a learning context. Instead, 55 percent of this group point to critical thinking as the key competency of the future, ranking it even above the ability to use AI tools themselves.

Across the whole surveyed population, 39 percent of respondents named critical thinking and the ability to verify information as the most important competency, while 23 percent named the ability to use AI tools alone. This suggests Poles treat artificial intelligence as a supporting tool rather than a substitute for their own reasoning.

A hybrid model instead of replacement

ClickMeeting also shared data on how much its platform is used for online classes: more than 20,000 sessions took place on it between September 2025 and August 2026. The company frames the survey results as a sign that the online education market is moving toward a hybrid model, in which AI supports the instructor rather than replacing them.

A model is now starting to take shape in education where AI doesn't so much replace the instructor as become an additional layer of support between classes - Tomasz Bołcun, Brand Manager at ClickMeeting

Simply knowing how to type a prompt into an AI tool is quickly ceasing to be a sufficient skill - Tomasz Bołcun, Brand Manager at ClickMeeting

Implications for Polish companies and education platforms

For companies investing in training automation and e-learning platforms, the survey results are a warning sign. Fully replacing trainers and lecturers with generative systems could meet resistance from audiences, even though such solutions are already technically available and cheaper to scale than training led by humans.

Bołcun points out that AI is already being used in Polish academic teaching, citing the University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski) as an example, where artificial intelligence is used in the teaching process as a supporting tool rather than a replacement for the instructor.

The survey's conclusions fit a broader pattern seen in other polls on Poles' trust in AI in sensitive areas of life, such as finance or healthcare. Poles declare openness to using artificial intelligence tools, but almost always on the condition that human oversight is maintained over the final process or decision.