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    October 3, 2017
    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
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    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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