As the influence and use of artificial intelligence (AI) have grown and its
transformative potential has become more apparent, many questions have been
raised regarding the economic, political, social, and ethical implications of
its use. Public opinion plays an important role in these discussions,
influencing product adoption, commercial development, research funding, and
regulation. In this paper we present results of an in-depth survey of public
opinion of artificial intelligence conducted with 10,005 respondents spanning
eight countries and six continents. We report widespread perception that AI
will have significant impact on society, accompanied by strong support for the
responsible development and use of AI, and also characterize the public's
sentiment towards AI with four key themes (exciting, useful, worrying, and
futuristic) whose prevalence distinguishes response to AI in different
countries.

本文通过一项深入的调查研究，分析了跨越八个国家和六个大洲的 10005 名受访者对人工智能的公众意见，结果表明公众普遍认为人工智能会对社会产生重大影响，强烈支持负责任的人工智能开发和使用，并对人工智能的情感进行了四个关键主题的描述（令人兴奋的、有用的、令人担忧的和未来主义的），这些主题的普遍存在性区分了不同国家对人工智能的反应。