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Close to 2/3 Americans also believe in magic so I'm not sure what these studies are supposed to tell us.

• hackyhacky 10mo ago
  > Close to 2/3 Americans also believe in magic so I'm not sure what these studies are supposed to tell us. I think you're missing the point, as are many other comments on this post saying effectively, "These people don't even understand how AI works, so they can't make good predictions!" It's true that most people can't make accurate predictions about AI, but this study is interesting because it represents people's current opinion, not future fact. Right now, people are already distrustful of AI. This means that if you want people to adapt it, you need to persuade them otherwise. So far, most people's interactions with AI are limited to cheesy fake internet videos, deceptive memes, and the risk of shrinking labor demand. In its short tenure in the public sphere, large language models have contributed nothing positive, except for (a) senior coders who can offload part of their job to Claude, and (b) managers, who can cut their workforce. Why would people hold AI in high esteem?
  • skeledrew 10mo ago
    > risk of shrinking labor demand Yet this is a primary goal of AI. Problem is that the way how the dominant economic system is structured, reduction of said demand increasingly leads to a societal crash.
  • giardini 10mo ago
    hackyhacky says >"...most people can't make accurate predictions about AI..."< "...no one can make accurate predictions about AI..." FTFY
• therobots927 10mo ago
  Including many people in Silicon Valley. Apparently you’re not familiar with Nick Land.
• nunez 9mo ago
  The responses to the rest of the questions in the survey indicate (to me) that sentiments on AI, which is forced onto people more often than not, are largely negative.