Implications for Governance in Public Perceptions of Societal-scale AI Risks

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.06199v1
• Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:52:25 GMT
• Title: Implications for Governance in Public Perceptions of Societal-scale AI Risks
• Authors: Ross Gruetzemacher, Toby D. Pilditch, Huigang Liang, Christy Manning, Vael Gates, David Moss, James W. B. Elsey, Willem W. A. Sleegers, Kyle Kilian,
• Abstract summary: Voters perceive AI risks as both more likely and more impactful than experts, and also advocate for slower AI development. Policy interventions may best assuage collective concerns if they attempt to more carefully balance mitigation efforts across all classes of societal-scale risks.
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• Abstract: Amid growing concerns over AI's societal risks--ranging from civilizational collapse to misinformation and systemic bias--this study explores the perceptions of AI experts and the general US registered voters on the likelihood and impact of 18 specific AI risks, alongside their policy preferences for managing these risks. While both groups favor international oversight over national or corporate governance, our survey reveals a discrepancy: voters perceive AI risks as both more likely and more impactful than experts, and also advocate for slower AI development. Specifically, our findings indicate that policy interventions may best assuage collective concerns if they attempt to more carefully balance mitigation efforts across all classes of societal-scale risks, effectively nullifying the near-vs-long-term debate over AI risks. More broadly, our results will serve not only to enable more substantive policy discussions for preventing and mitigating AI risks, but also to underscore the challenge of consensus building for effective policy implementation.

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