Americans in California and Texas spoke about how important it is for the government to regulate artificial intelligence.
“Definitely,” Carlos, a Houston resident, told Fox News. “It should be fully regulated the way drugs or anything else should be regulated.”
But Joe from San Antonio disagreed.
“No, he told Fox News. “I think the less government regulates, the better we are in every way.”
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“How the hell do you regulate something we don’t already know?” asked Stephen from Los Angeles. “The internet is not widely regulated and look what happened to social media.”
Jim from Los Angeles expressed little confidence in the government’s ability to properly manage AI.
“I think all these people who make rules and laws for us are too old and too far from who we are today,” Jim told Fox News.
Dan, also from Los Angeles, was equally skeptical.
“Even those who develop it cannot control and regulate it,” he told Fox News.
“Social Robot Cruzr” by UBTech Robotics Ltd. helping a bank client on April 17, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. People around the world are increasingly confronted with AI in their daily lives. (Zed Jameson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Gopal, an Austin resident who has worked with AI, said the technology needs regulation as he believes it can express bias.
“You train the system using the data you have,” he told Fox News. “If the data…is collected unevenly, it can cause the computer to make decisions that can be biased.”
“To make sure there is no bias in the system … there needs to be oversight,” Gopal said, adding that he thinks a combination of public and private regulation could work.
A man demonstrates an AI-controlled robot at an industrial fair in Germany on April 16, 2023. (Julian Stratenschulte/Image Alliance via Getty Images)
Walkena, a Los Angeles resident, said she believes the government can adequately control AI.
“I trust the government,” she told Fox News. “Everyone is learning.”
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The Fox News Poll was conducted April 21-24, 2023 by Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). 1,004 registered voters were polled, randomly selected across the country, with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.
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John Michael Raasch reported from Los Angeles and Gabriel Reyes from Austin.
John Michael Raasch is an associate producer/writer for Fox News Digital Originals.