Artificial intelligence is likely to be the defining technology of the century, affecting everything from war to jobs to health care. So, understanding what the general public wants from AI is important. A new survey suggests that while there’s no strong consensus on the topic, more Americans are in favor of AI than actively oppose it.
In polling organized by the University of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute, forty-one percent of respondents said they somewhat or strongly supported the development of AI, while 22 percent said they somewhat or strongly opposed it. The remaining 28 percent said they had no strong feelings one way or the other. The survey defined AI as “computer systems that perform tasks or make decisions that...