Table 3.

Distributions of public attitudes toward artificial intelligence in medical care (N=956).

Attitudes		Number of posts, n (%)
Positive attitudes		568 (59.4)
	Artificial intelligence’s technical advantages in medical care	251 (26.3)
	Optimism about industrial development	229 (24.0)
	Helping human doctors	46 (4.8)
	Avoiding doctor-patient conflicts	24 (2.5)
	Promoting reform of medical care	11 (1.2)
	New health expectations	7 (0.7)
Neutral attitudes		329 (34.4)
	Information sharing, noncommittal	216 (22.6)
	Hesitation	85 (8.9)
	Commentary on both positive and negative aspects	28 (2.9)
Negative attitudes		59 (6.2)
	Immaturity of artificial intelligence technology	27 (2.8)
	Distrust of artificial intelligence companies	15 (1.6)
	Fear of artificial intelligence technology	7 (0.7)
	Lack of “enthusiasm” expressed by artificial intelligence	5 (0.5)
	Privacy	3 (0.3)
	Ethics and law	2 (0.2)