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Pew Research CenterOctober 3, 2017
Automation in Everyday Life

35% of Americans have heard a lot about the effort to develop driverless vehicles

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Automation in Everyday Life
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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