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Knowing less about AI makes people more open to having it in their lives – new research (theconversation.com)
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The rapid spread of artificial intelligence has people wondering: who’s most likely to embrace AI in their daily lives? Many assume it’s the tech-savvy – those who understand how AI works – who are most eager to adopt it.

Surprisingly, our new research (published in the Journal of Marketing) finds the opposite. People with less knowledge about AI are actually more open to using the technology. We call this difference in adoption propensity the “lower literacy-higher receptivity” link.

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[–] Feathercrown 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I actually think in this case it's the opposite-- your expectations of the term "AI" aren't accurate to the actual research and industry usage. Now, if we want to talk about what people have been trying to pass off as "AGI"...

[–] affiliate 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i think that’s fair point. language does work both ways, and i am certainly not in the majority with this opinion. but what bothers me is that it feels like they’re changing the definition of the word and piggybacking off of its old meaning. i know this kind of thing isn’t all that uncommon, but it still rubs me the wrong way.

[–] Feathercrown 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I mean, we've been calling pathfinding + aimbot "AI" in games for years. The terminology certainly does feel different nowadays though...