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Auteurs principaux: Baumann, Joachim, Urman, Aleksandra, Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich, Roman, Zachary J., Hannák, Anikó, Christen, Markus
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Publié: 2025
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23578
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author Baumann, Joachim
Urman, Aleksandra
Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich
Roman, Zachary J.
Hannák, Anikó
Christen, Markus
author_facet Baumann, Joachim
Urman, Aleksandra
Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich
Roman, Zachary J.
Hannák, Anikó
Christen, Markus
contents The rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies has led many organizations to integrate AI into their products and services, often without considering user preferences. Yet, public attitudes toward AI use, especially in impactful decision-making scenarios, are underexplored. Using a large-scale two-wave survey study (n_wave1=1514, n_wave2=1488) representative of the Swiss population, we examine shifts in public attitudes toward AI before and after the launch of ChatGPT. We find that the GenAI boom is significantly associated with reduced public acceptance of AI (see Figure 1) and increased demand for human oversight in various decision-making contexts. The proportion of respondents finding AI "not acceptable at all" increased from 23% to 30%, while support for human-only decision-making rose from 18% to 26%. These shifts have amplified existing social inequalities in terms of widened educational, linguistic, and gender gaps post-boom. Our findings challenge industry assumptions about public readiness for AI deployment and highlight the critical importance of aligning technological development with evolving public preferences.
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spellingShingle Reduced AI Acceptance After the Generative AI Boom: Evidence From a Two-Wave Survey Study
Baumann, Joachim
Urman, Aleksandra
Leicht-Deobald, Ulrich
Roman, Zachary J.
Hannák, Anikó
Christen, Markus
Artificial Intelligence
The rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) technologies has led many organizations to integrate AI into their products and services, often without considering user preferences. Yet, public attitudes toward AI use, especially in impactful decision-making scenarios, are underexplored. Using a large-scale two-wave survey study (n_wave1=1514, n_wave2=1488) representative of the Swiss population, we examine shifts in public attitudes toward AI before and after the launch of ChatGPT. We find that the GenAI boom is significantly associated with reduced public acceptance of AI (see Figure 1) and increased demand for human oversight in various decision-making contexts. The proportion of respondents finding AI "not acceptable at all" increased from 23% to 30%, while support for human-only decision-making rose from 18% to 26%. These shifts have amplified existing social inequalities in terms of widened educational, linguistic, and gender gaps post-boom. Our findings challenge industry assumptions about public readiness for AI deployment and highlight the critical importance of aligning technological development with evolving public preferences.
title Reduced AI Acceptance After the Generative AI Boom: Evidence From a Two-Wave Survey Study
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.23578