The ideological divide in public perceptions of self-driving cars
The ideological divide in public perceptions of self-driving cars
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公众对自动驾驶汽车认知的意识形态分歧
DOI：
10.1177/0963662520917339
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Yilang Peng
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作者：
Yilang Peng
人工智能的应用，如自动驾驶汽车，可能会深刻地改变我们的社会，但新兴技术经常面临怀疑甚至敌意。与此同时，公众对科学问题的看法也越来越沿着意识形态路线两极分化。通过分析美国一个具有全国代表性的小组，我们揭示了公众对自动驾驶汽车的反应中正在出现的意识形态分歧。与自由派和民主党人相比，保守派和共和党人对自动驾驶汽车表示更关注，并更支持对自动驾驶汽车进行限制性监管。这种意识形态上的差距很大程度上是由社会保守主义驱动的，而且，无论是对无人驾驶汽车的熟悉程度，还是科学素养，都降低了受访者对无人驾驶汽车的担忧和对监管政策的支持。尽管如此，熟悉度和科学素养的影响在社会保守派中较弱，这表明人们可能会以一种有偏见的方式吸收新信息，从而促进他们的世界观。
Applications in artificial intelligence such as self-driving cars may profoundly transform our society, yet emerging technologies are frequently faced with suspicion or even hostility. Meanwhile, public opinions about scientific issues are increasingly polarized along the ideological line. By analyzing a nationally representative panel in the United States, we reveal an emerging ideological divide in public reactions to self-driving cars. Compared with liberals and Democrats, conservatives and Republicans express more concern about autonomous vehicles and more support for restrictively regulating autonomous vehicles. This ideological gap is largely driven by social conservatism. Moreover, both familiarity with driverless vehicles and scientific literacy reduce respondents’ concerns over driverless vehicles and support for regulation policies. Still, the effects of familiarity and scientific literacy are weaker among social conservatives, indicating that people may assimilate new information in a biased manner that promotes their worldviews.