A new poll by the Pew Research Center has found that Americans are getting extremely fed up with artificial intelligence in their daily lives.
A whopping 53 percent of just over 5,000 US adults polled in June think that AI will “worsen people’s ability to think creatively.” Fifty percent say AI will deteriorate our ability to form meaningful relationships, while only five percent believe the reverse.
While 29 percent of respondents said they believe AI will make people better problem-solvers, 38 percent said it could worsen our ability to solve problems.
The poll highlights a growing distrust and disillusionment with AI. Average Americans are concerned about how AI tools could stifle human creativity, as the industry continues to celebrate the automation of human labor as a cost-cutting measure.
Ouch.
The illiteracy and ignorance is intentional.
Lower AI literacy being… like people who barely understand how to use a computer, or people who aren’t actively developing the AI systems of the future?
You can click through to the article on the research or the research itself…
Literacy in this article is talking about the depth of understanding about the mechanics behind AI, even if barely below the surface. That people who learn basic concepts like it being a statistical regurgitation machine tend to dislike it when compared to people who think a gnome wizard with encyclopedic knowledge and agency has moved into their computer.
I read “low AI literacy” as being unable to discern AI images/writing from something made by a human. Like a Turing test, maybe.
Dunning-Kruger, but AI.
AI technically has no knowledge but will speak with authority on any topic hallucinating to fill gaps.
Though for the humans it’s, “The more i learn the more obvious your shortcomings” which is really more of a Dunning-Kruger corollary.
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