Global Courant 2023-05-03 11:00:09
Artificial intelligence has become all the rage for many Americans, but those over 45 are lagging behind those younger than them in terms of AI awareness, a Fox News poll shows.
Fifty-eight percent of registered voters over the age of 45 surveyed for the poll say they are not familiar with AI technology such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Only 41% of registered voters over 45 said they were familiar with the technology.
The numbers contrast sharply with those of younger Americans, with a whopping 65% of registered voters under the age of 45 saying they are familiar with AI technology, such as ChatGPT. Only 35% of that group indicated that they were not familiar with AI.
The Fox News poll was conducted April 21-24, conducted by Beacon Research and Shaw & Company Research, of 1,004 registered voters nationwide. The voters were randomly selected and spoke to live interviewers on both landlines and mobile phones. The poll has a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
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OpenAI’s release of ChatGPT in November was a game-changer for artificial intelligence and became the fastest growing user base with 100 million monthly active users in January. People all over the world rushed to use the chatbot, which simulates human-like conversations based on prompts it receives.
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This photo, taken on January 23, 2023, shows screens with the OpenAI and ChatGPT logos. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence conversational software application developed by OpenAI. (Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images)
The poll found that familiarity with AI technology like ChatGPT has a gender gap. Sixty percent of men reported being familiar with the technology, compared to 42% of women. Only 40% of male registered voters said they were unfamiliar with the technology, compared to 57% of females.
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Voters with a college degree were 57% more familiar with AI technology, compared to 46% of voters without a college degree who reported the same.
Voters across the board, by an 8-point margin, reported that they believe AI is bad for society rather than good. However, voters who were familiar with AI technology were more likely to report that artificial intelligence is good for society, at 46%.
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Seventy-six percent of voters surveyed, including those familiar and unfamiliar with AI, reported that the government should regulate artificial intelligence, but 59% of voters said they have little or no confidence that the government can regulate it properly .
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“Americans aren’t sure what to make of our new robot overlords,” said Daron Shaw, a Republican who co-led the Fox News poll with Democrat Chris Anderson. “It’s skeptical elected leaders who are tasked with putting appropriate limits on this new technology, which probably says something about people’s views on the technology and views on our leaders.”
