Table 6.
Factor loadings from the Exploratory Factor Analysis of Comfortableness with Specific Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
| F1 | F2 | U | IRC | Mean | SD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reducing fraud related to exams or assessments | 0.86 | 0.31 | 0.70 | 4.10 | 1.06 | |
| Using smells in human breath to detect illness | 0.75 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 4.21 | 1.02 | |
| Discovering new chemical molecules for pharmaceutical or industrial applications | 0.73 | 0.44 | 0.65 | 4.33 | 1.00 | |
| Translating speech into different languages in real time | 0.72 | 0.62 | 0.42 | 4.54 | 0.91 | |
| Helping farmers remove weeds and collect the harvest | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 4.33 | 1.00 | |
| Reviewing and analysing risks in legal contracts | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.65 | 3.62 | 1.28 | |
| Forecasting storm damage in forestry plantations | 0.63 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 4.30 | 0.91 | |
| Spotting art forgeries | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.49 | 4.04 | 1.20 | |
| Working in car manufacturing plants | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.66 | 4.35 | 0.99 | |
| Providing hair care advice using data from intelligent hair brushes | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.54 | 3.57 | 1.30 | |
| Checking large volumes of documents for relevant legal evidence | 0.54 | 0.66 | 0.52 | 4.11 | 1.03 | |
| Helping investment bankers make decisions modelling different scenarios | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.69 | 3.70 | 1.15 | |
| Acting as a censor of material uploaded to social media | 0.41 | 0.82 | 0.37 | 3.42 | 1.38 | |
| Selecting staff for employment | 0.85 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 2.13 | 1.21 | |
| Being a bank branch employee | 0.79 | 0.44 | 0.59 | 2.77 | 1.34 | |
| Acting as a doctor in a GP practice | 0.72 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 1.77 | 1.11 | |
| Managing patient needs and movements in a large hospital | 0.67 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 2.96 | 1.32 | |
| Acting as a call centre worker | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.60 | 3.08 | 1.36 | |
| Providing social interaction for patients in care settings | 0.56 | 0.71 | 0.45 | 3.09 | 1.35 | |
| Driving a car | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.49 | 2.79 | 1.43 | |
| Writing new fairy tales in the style of the Grimm brothers | 0.50 | 0.70 | 0.49 | 3.05 | 1.41 | |
| Deciding how to prioritise aid during humanitarian crises | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 2.78 | 1.34 | |
| Selecting teams and devising game tactics in football | 0.44 | 0.75 | 0.46 | 3.26 | 1.31 |
Table 6 Note: Factor loadings onto Factor 1 (F1, Comfortableness with AI applications for big data and automation) and Factor 2 (F2, Comfortableness with AI applications for Human judgement tasks), with Uniqueness (U), item-rest correction (IRC), item mean and standard deviation (SD) for the 23 items retained in the Exploratory Factor Analysis of comfortableness ratings.