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Image depicting a gyroscope Short of time? Read the key takeaways. 🧠 Fabricated options feel real but aren't. Plenty of things that seem imaginable are actually inconsistent or impossible. This even applies to decision making contexts. You might imagine your options are A and B, without noticing that careful examination reveals that one of those options is inconsistent or impossible. It's a fabricated option . ⚠️ Fabricated options disguise uncomfortable tradeoffs. When we

Note: This is a longer and more technical report of our study into public concerns about AI. If you want to see the shorter, more layperson-friendly version, click here. A lot of people are worried about AI.  What are their worries? How worried are they?  Are some demographics more worried than others? We ran a study to find out.  In this article, we explain 16 concerns about AI that you might find it valuable to know about. We discuss, based on our data (collected in October

Short of time? Read the key takeaways. 🌍 People worry more about AI's societal impacts than its personal ones. While participants were almost evenly split on personal concern, 55% expressed high concern about societal effects, and only 2.4% were more worried about themselves than society. 🏆 Misinformation, scams, and authoritarian control top the list. These three concerns ranked highest among all 16 issues studied, with participants rating them substantially more worryin