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Silicon Valley celebrates artificial intelligence and robotics as fields that have the power to improve people's lives, through inventions like driverless cars and robot carers for the elderly.
That message isn't getting through to the rest of the country, where more than 70% of Americans express wariness or concern about a world where machines perform many of the tasks done by humans, according to Pew Research.
The findings have wide-reaching implications for technology companies working in these fields and indicates the need for greater public hand-holding.
"Ordinary Americans are very wary and concerned about the growing trend in automation and place a lot of value in human decision-making," said Aaron Smith, the author of the research, which surveyed more than 4,000 US adults. "They are not incredibly excited about machines taking over those responsibilities."
Once robots are perfected the 99% can be eliminated so they stop bumming the 1% out.
(Score: 3, Touché) by FatPhil on Friday October 06 2017, @04:25AM (1 child)
Wait a sec - you want there to be *more* stupid humans around? I thought you'd just admitted that humans are the problem?
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 3, Informative) by Grishnakh on Friday October 06 2017, @02:52PM
Humans are the problem when they're in a position to cause significant destruction, such as when behind the wheel in a 2-ton high-speed vehicle.
Humans aren't a big problem when they're just walking around, riding a train, sitting down somewhere, etc.