Based on the initial data from Wave 8 of the World Values Survey, two researchers show that AI membership is based on a common foundation, but is constructed differently according to social profiles.
Is AI a good or bad thing for humanity? Sam Flanders and Melati Nungsari looked at which values explain the response, based on provisional data from the eighth wave of the World Values Survey: 40,960 respondents in 24 national samples.
A common anchor point
One factor stands out everywhere: general optimism about science and technology. It is the best predictor on the data set, and it is among the main predictors in each of the countries studied. Beyond that, each country has its own combination: trust in expertise, level of education and access to information, certain forms of trust, open-mindedness or social position.
The authors also constructed eleven value profiles without taking into account opinions on AI; the share of favourable judgments varies from 49.1% to 62.2%. Most of the differences are played out within these profiles, and the same value can work in opposite directions: secular reasoning goes hand in hand with a more positive view of AI among moderate pluralists, but seems to go in the opposite direction among engaged citizens who trust institutions. For the authors, this is the key to anticipating where the deployment of AI will meet with support and where it will arouse resistance.
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