The fearful mind of artificial intelligence: fear and perceived existential threat of artificial intelligence as a function of its cognitive and emotional capabilities.

IF 1.8 3区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI:10.1080/00224545.2025.2503006

Michael B Kitchens, Brian P Meier

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine people's fear and perception of threat toward artificial intelligence (AI) as a function of various psychological features attributed to it. To investigate this, participants (Exp. 1, N = 206) read descriptions of AI with high or low cognitive and emotional capabilities. They were most (least) averse to AI described as having the strongest (weakest) of these capabilities (Exp. 1). Similarly, in Experiment 2, a representative U.S. sample (N = 686) was more afraid of and threatened by AI described as having equally strong cognitive and emotional capabilities than AI described as with weaker capabilities (weak cognition, strong emotion), but that pattern was reversed when the faculties were attributed to pharmacologically altered humans. These findings provide evidence for competing predictions about the configuration of these faculties to evoke negateve responses. Furthermore, they provide a novel test of these competing predictions applied to AI.

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人工智能的恐惧心理：对人工智能的恐惧和感知存在的威胁，作为其认知和情感能力的功能。

这项研究的目的是研究人们对人工智能（AI）威胁的恐惧和感知，作为各种心理特征的函数。为了调查这一点，参与者（实验1，N = 206）阅读了具有高或低认知和情感能力的人工智能的描述。他们最（最）不反对被描述为拥有这些能力中最强（最弱）的AI（经验1）。同样，在实验2中，一个具有代表性的美国样本（N = 686）更害怕被描述为具有同样强大的认知和情感能力的AI，而不是被描述为具有较弱能力（弱认知，强情感）的AI，但当这种能力被归因于药物改变的人类时，这种模式被逆转了。这些发现为这些能力的配置引起负面反应的竞争性预测提供了证据。此外，他们为这些相互竞争的预测应用于人工智能提供了一种新的测试。

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Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Since John Dewey and Carl Murchison founded it in 1929, The Journal of Social Psychology has published original empirical research in all areas of basic and applied social psychology. Most articles report laboratory or field research in core areas of social and organizational psychology including the self, attribution theory, attitudes, social influence, consumer behavior, decision making, groups and teams, sterotypes and discrimination, interpersonal attraction, prosocial behavior, aggression, organizational behavior, leadership, and cross-cultural studies. Academic experts review all articles to ensure that they meet high standards.