Written by William C. Duncan
July 23, 2024
- Utah voters hold complex views about AI that recognize its benefits to science, health, and the economy, while expressing concerns about its impact in spheres of public authority and child development.
- Voters prioritize the responsibility of parents, tech companies, and schools over government for child AI safety, while also supporting AI regulation broadly.
- Survey results support an empowered-parent policy framework for AI: (1) trust parents with their responsibilities, (2) propose general guidelines that preserve autonomy for parents, tech companies, and schools, and (3) preserve the ways that AI is promoting human flourishing for both current and future generations.
Although there is not yet a lot of research on this point, there are studies that suggest that religious participation (as opposed to affiliation alone) is important in shaping positive attitudes of tolerance based on race.
Recent research found that “[c]onservatives’ views of black people, Hispanics, and Asians improve the more frequently conservatives attend religious services” and “[f]requent conservative churchgoers also say they care more about racial equality.” Additionally, “nonreligious white Trump voters are about three times as likely as churchgoing white Trump voters to say their white racial identity is ‘extremely important’ to them (26 percent vs. 9 percent).”
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