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Perceiving AI as a 'job killer' negatively influences attitudes towards democracy— When people perceive AI as replacing human labour, trust in democracy and political participation decline (www.univie.ac.at)
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Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing our society and economy. A new study shows that the majority of people believe that artificial intelligence is displacing more human labour than it is creating new opportunities. Scientists at the University of Vienna and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) demonstrated a causal link: the stronger this perception, the more dissatisfied people are with democracy – and the less they participate in political debates about future technological developments. These effects occur even though artificial intelligence has had only a limited impact on the labour market so far. The study was recently published in the renowned journal PNAS.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Perceiving AI as a 'job killer' negatively influences attitudes towards democracy...

Towards democracy, or towards AI? I feel like this is bait and switch.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, when most governments are going all in on AI it's hard to take democracy seriously 🤷

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

But thats less because of AI specifically, and more because it's that governments are pushing for something that the people don't want.

You could replace AI in that sentence with anything the people don't want, didn't ask for, or are explicitly against, and it would still be true.