Automation in Everyday Life

Driverless vehicle enthusiasts differ dramatically in their views and attitudes toward this technology from those who are more hesitant

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Automation in Everyday Life

More worry than optimism about potential developments in automation

Many Americans would be hesitant to use various automation technologies

Broad public support for policies that limit the reach and impact of workforce automation

Driverless vehicle enthusiasts differ dramatically in their views and attitudes toward this technology from those who are more hesitant

Americans view certain professions as being at greater risk of automation than others

Young Americans especially likely to have been impacted by workforce automation

Workers with higher levels of education more likely to say tech has increased opportunities, made their jobs more interesting

Roughly two-thirds of Americans expect most cars to be driverless in next half century

Workers express mixed views about the impact of various workforce technologies

Workers express more positive than negative views on the overall impact of technology on their careers

Workers with higher levels of education have more positive views of many workplace technologies

Workers with higher levels of education more likely to say tech has increased opportunities, made their jobs more interesting

Young adults especially likely to have been impacted by workforce automation

One-in-five Americans find concept of machines doing most human jobs in the future to be extremely realistic

More worry than enthusiasm about machines doing many human jobs

Those most familiar with concept of machines taking many human jobs find concept more realistic and express more enthusiasm – but still express substantial concerns

Public expects more negative than positive impacts from widespread automation of jobs

Public is broadly supportive of workforce automation being limited to “dangerous and dirty” jobs

Democrats more supportive of guaranteed income, national service program in the event of widespread job losses due to automation

Partisan divisions on government’s obligation to help workers displaced by machines; educational divisions on whether businesses should be limited in how many jobs they can automate

Americans view certain professions as being at greater risk of automation than others

Workers in hospitality, retail, and banking/finance industries see jobs as most at risk of automation

Americans who have been impacted by automation have differing views about a future in which machines do many human jobs

Americans see a wide range of advances coming to pass in the next 20 years

35% of Americans have heard a lot about the effort to develop driverless vehicles

Public somewhat more worried than enthusiastic about driverless vehicles

Roughly two-thirds of Americans expect most cars to be driverless in next half century

Certain groups more interested in riding in a driverless vehicle

Slight majority of Americans would not want to ride in a driverless vehicle if given the chance; safety concerns, lack of trust lead their list of concerns

Americans have mixed opinions on whether driverless vehicles will reduce traffic deaths

Roughly two-thirds of Americans would feel unsafe sharing the road with autonomous freight trucks

Public strongly favors several policies restricting the use of autonomous vehicles

Public anticipates a mix of positive and negative impacts from driverless vehicles

Driverless vehicle enthusiasts differ dramatically in their views and attitudes toward this technology from those who are more hesitant

Roughly two-thirds of public have heard nothing about the concept of robot caregivers but a majority find it realistic

Americans express similar levels of worry and enthusiasm about robot caregivers

Interest in robot caregivers relatively high among men, college educated

41% of Americans would be interested in a robot caregiver; reduced burden on family and improved quality of care lead their list of motivations

Seven-in-ten Americans think robot caregivers would help ease the worry of caring for aging relatives

Americans interested in using robot caregivers differ dramatically in their views and attitudes from those who are not

Most Americans unfamiliar with companies’ efforts to use algorithms for hiring decisions

More worry than enthusiasm about the prospect of computers making hiring decisions

Younger adults more comfortable applying for a job where computers make hiring decisions

Top concerns about hiring algorithms: too impersonal, will overlook important attributes

Many Americans think computers would do worse than humans in key aspects of the hiring process

Public more supportive of algorithmic hiring if traditional in-person interviews are also included

Those interested in applying for jobs that use a hiring algorithm differ in their attitudes from those who would not

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