Table 3.
Factor loadings from the Exploratory Factor Analysis of General Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence data.
| Item | Pos | Neg | U | IRC | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I am interested in using artificially intelligent systems in my daily life | 0.78 | 0.43 | 0.64 | 3.56 | 1.03 | |
| There are many beneficial applications of Artificial Intelligence | 0.77 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 4.22 | 0.82 | |
| Artificial Intelligence is exciting | 0.76 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 3.91 | 1.00 | |
| Artificial Intelligence can provide new economic opportunities for this country | 0.70 | 0.48 | 0.64 | 3.75 | 1.01 | |
| I would like to use Artificial Intelligence in my own job | 0.66 | 0.54 | 0.59 | 3.13 | 1.24 | |
| An artificially intelligent agent would be better than an employee in many routine jobs | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.50 | 3.08 | 1.17 | |
| I am impressed by what Artificial Intelligence can do | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 4.13 | 0.89 | |
| Artificial Intelligence can have positive impacts on people’s wellbeing | 0.58 | 0.69 | 0.47 | 3.97 | 0.76 | |
| Artificially intelligent systems can help people feel happier | 0.57 | 0.74 | 0.41 | 3.19 | 0.92 | |
| Artificially intelligent systems can perform better than humans | 0.54 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 3.55 | 1.03 | |
| Much of society will benefit from a future full of Artificial Intelligence | 0.49 | 0.63 | 0.57 | 3.55 | 1.03 | |
| For routine transactions, I would rather interact with an artificially intelligent system than with a human | 0.47 | 0.79 | 0.39 | 3.15 | 1.22 | |
| I think Artificial Intelligence is dangerous | 0.75 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 2.86 | 1.04 | |
| Organisations use Artificial Intelligence unethically | 0.74 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 2.71 | 0.97 | |
| I find Artificial Intelligence sinister | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 3.42 | 1.09 | |
| Artificial Intelligence is used to spy on people | 0.64 | 0.67 | 0.32 | 2.35 | 1.00 | |
| I shiver with discomfort when I think about future uses of Artificial Intelligence | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.66 | 3.06 | 1.34 | |
| Artificial Intelligence might take control of people | 0.48 | 0.78 | 0.35 | 2.90 | 1.22 | |
| I think artificially intelligent systems make many errors | 0.47 | 0.73 | 0.43 | 2.90 | 0.95 | |
| People like me will suffer if Artificial Intelligence is used more and more | 0.41 | 0.59 | 0.60 | 3.23 | 1.20 |
Table 3 Note: Loadings for the retained 20 items, with factor loadings onto the positive (Pos) and negative (Neg) components, uniqueness (U, i.e. 1 minus Communality), item-rest correlation (IRC), mean, and standard deviation (SD). Note that negative items were reverse-scored in this analysis.