A Brookings Institution survey released Aug. 29 shows broad division among respondents when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI) impact on everything from warfare and ethics to decision-making.
When it comes to warfare, 30 percent of respondents believe in AI warfare development, while 39 percent are against it. However, those favoring AI warfare development jump to 45 percent if adversaries are engaged in the same AI development.
The survey delved into values as well, with 62 percent of respondents saying human values should guide AI.
Regarding decision making about AI design and deployment, answers were spread relatively evenly—aside from 50 percent who didn’t answer or said they didn’t know. Of respondents, 19 percent said the general public should decide on AI design and development, followed by private company leaders (11 percent), legislators, (9 percent), software coders (7 percent), and judges (4 percent).
Questions with the most definitive answers were those regarding ethics and how companies approach the process.
“There are strong majorities in favor of each proposal, but the most popular ones are having an AI ethics code (67 percent), having an AI review board (67 percent), having an AI mediation process in case of harm (66 percent), AI training programs (65 percent), having AI audit trails (62 percent), and hiring ethicists (54 percent),” the survey stated.
Brookings surveyed “2,000 adult internet users” in late August using the Google Surveys platform.
For more information and to review the entire survey and associated questions, visit the Brookings Institution website.
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