10/29/2024

What Teenagers Really Think about AI

They want lawmakers to analyze the risks associated with it

American teenagers believe addressing the potential risks of artificial intelligence (AI) should be a top priority for lawmakers, according to a new poll that provides the first in-depth look into young people's concerns about the technology.

The poll, carried out by youth-led advocacy group the Center for Youth and AI and polling organization YouGov, and shared exclusively with TIME, reveals a level of concern that rivals long standing issues like social inequality and climate change.

The poll of 1,017 U.S. teens aged 13 to 18 was carried out in late July and early August; it found that 80 percent of respondents believed it was "extremely" or "somewhat" important for lawmakers to address the risks posed by AI, falling just below healthcare access and affordability in terms of issues they said were a top priority. That surpassed social inequality (78 percent) and climate change (77 percent).

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