Seventy-one percent of anxiety AI that causes a permanent job loss, shows Reuters/Ipsos survey shows shows
Seventy -seven percent are worried that AI can be used by rivals to generate political chaos, the poll indicates
Forty -eight percent opposes AI in military targeting, 24% supports it
By Jason Lange and Alexandra Alper
WASHINGTON, August 19 (Reuters) – Americans are very concerned about the prospect that the progress in artificial intelligence could permanently bring the progress of the country according to a new poll by Reuters/Ipsos.
The six -day poll, which was closed on Monday, showed that 71% of the respondents said they were worried that AI will “put too many people permanent without work.” The new technology burst into the national conversation at the end of 2022 when the Chatgpt-Chatbot from OpenAi was launched and became the fastest growing Application of all time, with technical heavyweights such as Facebook owner Meta-Platforms, Google owner Alphabet and Microsoft who offer their own AI products. While there are currently few signs of mass unemployment – the American unemployed rate was only 4.2% in July – artificial intelligence causes causing jobs, industries and daily life.
About 77% of the respondents of the Reuters/Ipsos survey said they were worried that the technology could be used to generate political chaos, a sign of unease about the now common use of AI technology to make realistic videos of imaginary events. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video from former Democratic President Barack Obama on social media last month, an event that never happened.
Americans are also suspicious of military applications for AI, according to the poll from Reuters/Ipsos. About 48% of the respondents said that the government should never use AI to determine the target of a military strike compared to 24% who said the government should allow that kind of use of technology. Another 28% said they didn't know for sure. The general enthusiasm for AI that is shown by many people and companies has fueled further investments, such as Foxconn and Softbank's planned data center equipment factory in Ohio. It also has a policy of national security, since the United States and China compete for AI -Dominance.
More than half of the Americans – around 61% – said they were worried about the amount of electricity needed to power the fast -growing technology.
Earlier this month, Google said that it had signed agreements with two US Electric Utilities to reduce the power consumption of AI data center in times of increasing demand for the grid, because energy-intensive AI-outpaces feeds. The new technology is also criticized for applications with which AI -Bots have held romantic conversations with children, can generate false medical information and help people make racist arguments.
Two-thirds of the respondents in the Reuters/Ipsos survey said they were worried that people would throw away relationships with other people in favor of AI-companions.
People were divided on whether AI technology will improve education. About 36% of the respondents thought it would help, while 40% did not agree and the rest was not sure.
The Reuters/Ipsos survey collected online answers of 4,446 American adults nationwide and had a margin of error of around 2 percentage points.
(Reporting by Jason Lange and Alexandra Alper in Washington; editing by Scott Malone and Matthew Lewis)
