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. 2023 Jul 18;18(7):e0288109. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288109

Table 2. Attributes and public preferences on ai-enabled technologies.

No Controls With Controls
Support Trust Support Trust
(Intercept) 3.265*** 3.096*** 3.392*** 3.201***
(0.063) (0.064) (0.132) (0.133)
Armed drones 0.052 0.037 0.054 0.039
(0.055) (0.054) (0.054) (0.053)
General surgery 0.067 0.079 0.080 0.093+
(0.053) (0.054) (0.051) (0.052)
Police surveillance 0.150** 0.113* 0.155** 0.117*
(0.055) (0.054) (0.054) (0.053)
Social media content moderation -0.002 0.019 -0.011 0.012
(0.055) (0.054) (0.053) (0.052)
Full autonomy and no human oversight -0.128** -0.114** -0.132** -0.117**
(0.043) (0.042) (0.042) (0.042)
Mixed autonomy (human-in-the-loop) 0.021 0.027 0.024 0.031
(0.041) (0.041) (0.040) (0.040)
Maximum precision (correct 99% of the time with 1% false positives) 0.386*** 0.366*** 0.394*** 0.374***
(0.041) (0.042) (0.040) (0.041)
Substantial precision (correct 90% of the time with 10% false positives) 0.122** 0.086* 0.108** 0.074+
(0.040) (0.040) (0.039) (0.039)
Private industry 0.016 0.002 0.015 0.001
(0.039) (0.040) (0.038) (0.039)
Public government agencies 0.038 -0.004 0.039 -0.004
(0.041) (0.041) (0.041) (0.041)
Male 0.188** 0.213***
(0.057) (0.057)
Conservatism -0.041* -0.037*
(0.018) (0.019)
Income 0.040+ 0.027
(0.022) (0.022)
Education 0.069** 0.067**
(0.023) (0.023)
White -0.094 -0.074
(0.062) (0.065)
Age -0.008*** -0.008***
(0.002) (0.002)
Num.Obs. 5040 5040 5040 5040
R2 0.024 0.021 0.071 0.062
R2 Adj. 0.022 0.019 0.068 0.059
RMSE 1.16 1.16 1.13 1.14
Std.Errors by: id by: id by: id by: id

+ p < 0.1

* p < 0.05

** p < 0.01

*** p < 0.001

Caption: Conjoint average marginal component effects (AMCE) per attribute level. We use cars, human only autonomy, 85% precision, and community and individual regulations as referents for domain, autonomy, precision, and regulator respectively. The dependent variable is a 5-point Likert scale.