A soon-to-be published study of college undergrads shows they imagine more negative than positive AI outcomes.

AI fears center on ethics, job loss, impaired thinking, and threats to humanity.

AI hopes focus on scientific breakthroughs, work efficiency, learning, and well-being.

AI is here to stay, no matter whether we want it or not. While this technological revolution developing in unpresented speed has brought about much excitement, fear and anxiety is also abundance about its impacts on our work and life. Where does the future of AI lie? This question matters greatly for our own sake and for policymaking.

Imagining the Future of AI

In a recent study, we asked Ger-Zers to imagine specific future events related to AI. Research has shown that mentally simulating specific future events that may happen to oneself or to one’s social groups, often referred to as episodic future thinking, plays an important role........

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