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Americans are deeply concerned about the prospect that advances in artificial intelligence could permanently eliminate the country's belt, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
In a six-day poll that ended Monday, 71% of respondents said they were concerned that AI is “pushing too many people out of work.”
New technology has entered the national conversation in the second half of 2022, when Openai's ChatGpt Chatbot was launched and became the fastest application ever in the high-tech heavyweights like Facebook owners. Meta Platform, Google Owner Alphabet and Microsoft We provide our own AI products.
Currently, there are few signs of mass unemployment, but the US unemployment rate in July was just 4.2% – artificial intelligence is stimulating concerns as it reshapes employment, industry and daily life.
Approximately 77% of respondents to the Reuters/Ipsos poll said they were worried that the technology could be used to stir up political turmoil.
Last month, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on social media that stated that former Democratic president Barack Obama had been arrested.
Americans are also unstable about military applications for AI, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. Approximately 48% of respondents said the government should not use AI to determine the targets for military strikes, compared to 24% who said the government should allow the use of such technologies. Another 28% said they were not sure.
The general enthusiasm for AI, shown by many people and companies, has encouraged such further investments foxconn and SoftbankA planning data center equipment factory in Ohio. They also formulated national security policies as the US and China are seeking control of AI.
More than half of Americans (about 61%) said they were worried about the amount of energy needed to power rapidly growing technologies.
Google said earlier this month it signed contracts with two US utilities to reduce power consumption in AI data centers when demand for grids spikes as energy-intensive AI uses power sources.
This new technology is under criticism of applications that help AI bots hold romantic conversations with children, generate false medical information and help people have racist discussions.
Two-thirds of respondents to the Reuters/Ipsos poll said they were worried that people would abandon their relationships with others who are favored by their AI peers.
People were divided on whether AI technology would improve education. Approximately 36% of respondents thought it would be helpful, while 40% disagreed, and the rest were unsure.
The Reuters/Ipsos survey collected responses online from 4,446 US adults nationwide, with an error of approximately 2% points.
