| Summary: | <i>Motivation:</i> This study deals with the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) in digital pathology (DP). The study starts from the highlights of a companion paper. <i>Objective:</i> The aim was to investigate the consensus and acceptance of the insiders on this issue. <i>Procedure:</i> An electronic survey based on the standardized package Microsoft Forms (Microsoft, Redmond, WA, USA) was proposed to a sample of biomedical laboratory technicians (149 admitted in the study, 76 males, 73 females, mean age 44.2 years). <i>Results:</i> The survey showed no criticality. It highlighted (a) the good perception of the basic training on both groups, and (b) a uniformly low perceived knowledge of AI (as arisen from the graded questions). Expectations, perceived general impact, perceived changes in the <i>work-flow</i>, and worries clearly emerged in the study. <i>Conclusions:</i> The of AI in DP is an unstoppable process, as well as the increase of the digitalization in the <i>health domain</i>. Stakeholders must not look with suspicion towards AI, which can represent an important resource, but should invest in monitoring and consensus training initiatives based also on electronic surveys.
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