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PARK, Md., March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the
House's new Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) considers
how government should address AI issues, such as deepfakes in
the election and bias in algorithms, a new survey conducted by the
Program for Public Consultation at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy
finds very large bipartisan majorities favor giving the federal
government broad powers to regulate AI. They endorse seven
proposals currently under consideration in Congress and the
Executive Branch for regulating AI-generated deepfakes and AI
making decisions with the potential for harm.
Internationally, as the UN agrees on a US-led resolution to
ensure AI does not violate human rights, voters favor the US
working to establish an international agency to regulate
large-scale AI projects, and create an international treaty
prohibiting AI-controlled weapons.
To ensure that respondents understood issues around AI,
respondents were provided in-depth briefings and arguments for and
against each proposal, reviewed by experts on each side of the
debates.
Creating new laws for AI-generated deepfakes registered
overwhelming bipartisan support. All three proposals surveyed
garnered the support of over eight-in-ten Republicans and
Democrats:
- Prohibit the use of deepfakes in political campaign
advertisements, such as to depict an opponent saying something they
did not, or an event that did not occur. (National 84%, Republicans
83%, Democrats 86%)
- Prohibit the public distribution of any pornographic deepfake
made without the consent of the person being depicted. (National
86%, Republicans 85%, Democrats 87%)
- Require that all deepfakes shared publicly be clearly labeled
as such. (National 83%, Republicans 83%, Democrats 85%)
Large bipartisan majorities also favor three proposals for
closely regulating AI programs that make decisions which can
significantly impact people's lives, including in healthcare,
banking, hiring, and welfare.
More than seven-in-ten voters favor proposals that would:
- Require these AI programs pass a test before putting to use,
which would evaluate whether they may violate regulations, make
biased decisions, or have security vulnerabilities. (National 81%,
Republicans 76%, Democrats 88%)
- Allow the government to audit programs that are in use, and
require the AI company to fix any problems that are found.
(National 77%, Republicans 74%, Democrats 82%)
- Require AI companies to disclose information to the government
about how the decision-making AI was trained, if requested, to aid
with pre-testing and audits. (National 72%, Republicans 67%,
Democrats 81%)
Creating a federal agency for AI to enforce regulations, oversee
AI development and provide guidance on AI policy is supported by
74% (Republicans 68%, Democrats 81%).
Americans support the creation of an international regulatory
agency for large-scale AI. A large bipartisan majority (77%)
favors the creation of such an agency to develop international
standards and monitor and inspect whether their standards are being
met (Republicans 71%, Democrats 84%).
Americans also support creating a treaty to prohibit the
development of weapons that can use AI to fire on targets without
human control – called lethal autonomous weapons. A large
bipartisan majority (81%) favors the US working to establish such a
treaty and creating an international agency to enforce it
(Republicans 77%, Democrats 85%).
"Large majorities of Republicans as well as Democrats favor
creating robust federal and international agencies to regulate AI
and protect people from deepfakes, biased decision-making, and
other potential harms from AI," comments Steven Kull, director of PPC.
The survey was fielded online February
16-23, 2024 with a representative non-probability national
sample of 3,610 registered voters provided by Precision Sample. The
confidence interval varies from +/- 1.4 to 1.8%.
- Full
Report: https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AI_Report_0324.pdf
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Questionnaire: https://publicconsultation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AI_Quaire_0224-1.pdf
- Policymaking Simulation:
http://s.alchemer.com/s3/AI-Full
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