How Americans View Tech, Elections and Artificial Intelligence
Rainey Center conducted polling to understand how voters understand artificial intelligence and partnered with Anchor Change to share the results.
Rainey Center fielded an online sample of 1,061 respondents from September 21 to September 22 and weighted to education, gender, race and 2020 election results. The margin of error is +/- 3.6.
We find that voters are concerned about AI, and want to see a more responsible path to development. Public support for cybersecurity requirements in AI is overwhelming, with 79% of voters favoring such measures and 65% finding arguments for mandatory security requirements more convincing than arguments against. Similarly, the public overwhelmingly favors export controls for selling powerful AI models. Sixty-three percent of voters support preventing foreign adversaries from accessing American AI and other critical technologies.
Read the full Anchor Change analysis here.