<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study presents the results regarding the attitudes of students from humanities and technical specializations in Timișoara towards the emergence and development of artificial intelligence (AI). The emphasis was on the most likely consequences of the development of artificial intelligence in the future, especially the negative consequences that its development would entail. The method used for data collection was the sociological survey and the information gathering tool was the questionnaire. It was applied to a total of 929 people, ensuring a sample representativity margin of ± 3%. The analysis reveals that the participants in the study predict that due to the emergence and development of AI, in the future, interpersonal relationships will be negatively affected, there will be fewer jobs, economic crises will emerge, it will be used to make intelligent weapons, to increase military conflicts, to take control of humanity and, last but not least, to destroy mankind. The results revealed differences in responses depending on the type of specialization (humanities or technical) and the gender of the respondents.</p></abstract>

The study presents the results regarding the attitudes of students from humanities and technical specializations in Timișoara towards the emergence and development of artificial intelligence (AI). The emphasis was on the most likely consequences of the development of artificial intelligence in the future, especially the negative consequences that its development would entail. The method used for data collection was the sociological survey and the information gathering tool was the questionnaire. It was applied to a total of 929 people, ensuring a sample representativity margin of ± 3%. The analysis reveals that the participants in the study predict that due to the emergence and development of AI, in the future, interpersonal relationships will be negatively affected, there will be fewer jobs, economic crises will emerge, it will be used to make intelligent weapons, to increase military conflicts, to take control of humanity and, last but not least, to destroy mankind. The results revealed differences in responses depending on the type of specialization (humanities or technical) and the gender of the respondents.

Why Are We Afraid of Artificial Intelligence (Ai)?

Department of Communication and Foreign Languages

European Review Of Applied Sociology

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The study presents the results regarding the attitudes of students from humanities and technical specializations in Timișoara towards the emergence and...

Why Are We Afraid of Artificial Intelligence (Ai)?

Publicado en línea: 25 ene 2019

Páginas: 6 - 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2018-0006

Palabras clave
artificial intelligence, risks, fear, perceptions

© 2018 Vasile Gherheş, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Why Are We Afraid of Artificial Intelligence (Ai)?

Publicado en línea: 25 ene 2019

Páginas: 6 - 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2018-0006

Palabras claveartificial intelligence, risks, fear, perceptions

© 2018 Vasile Gherheş, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
artificial intelligence, risks, fear, perceptions