Table 2.
Wording of the items for permissibility, social orientation, and technological orientation.
| Items wording | Factor loadings | α | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Factor 1 | Factor 2 | |||
| Permissibility | I think it is right that the artificial intelligence decides on the conviction of the accused | – | – | 0.78 |
| The artificial intelligence should not be allowed to make decisions about the conviction [reverse coding] | – | – | ||
| Social orientation | I value connections with other people | 0.67 | 0.70 | |
| I think it’s important to maintain good relations with the people I interact with | 0.56 | |||
| I try to act with integrity toward others | 0.55 | |||
| I want to be somebody who helps society (or the people I interact with) | 0.57 | |||
| Please rate yourself on the following personal characteristic: being kind | 0.50 | |||
| Technological orientation | I am interested in new technologies | 0.74 | 0.72 | |
| I am very curious about new technical developments | 0.80 | |||
| I know a lot about the topic of artificial intelligence | 0.68 | |||
| I have gained personal experience with artificial intelligence or human-like robots | 0.43 | |||
English translation. Additionally, factor scores from an exploratory factor analysis of social and technological orientations (varimax rotation). Only loadings above 0.3 are shown. The covariance matrix was computed using multiple imputation for handling missing values. n = 793. α = Cronbach’s Alpha.