U.S. Public opinion on the governance of artificial intelligence

Baobao Zhang, Allan Dafoe

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Abstract

Arti.cial intelligence (AI) has widespread societal implications, yet social scientists are only beginning to study public attitudes toward the technology. Existing studies. nd that the public's trust in institutions can play a major role in shaping the regulation of emerging technologies. Using a large-scale survey (N=2000), we examined Americans' perceptions of 13 AI governance challenges as well as their trust in governmental, corporate, and multistakeholder institutions to responsibly develop and manage AI. While Americans perceive all of the AI governance issues to be important for tech companies and governments to manage, they have only low to moderate trust in these institutions to manage AI applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAIES 2020 - Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages187-193
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781450371100
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 7 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society, AIES 2020, co-located with AAAI 2020 - New York, United States
Duration: Feb 7 2020Feb 8 2020

Publication series

NameAIES 2020 - Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society

Conference

Conference3rd AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society, AIES 2020, co-located with AAAI 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York
Period2/7/202/8/20

Keywords

  • AI governance
  • Public opinion
  • Public trust

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

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