{"id":1022,"date":"2024-05-21T22:47:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T22:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2024-05-22T15:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T15:33:29","slug":"poll-gpt4o-launch-5-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/poll-gpt4o-launch-5-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Americans Concerned About ChatGPT-4o Launch, Support Federal Legislation After Disbanding of OpenAI\u2019s Long-Term Safety Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1022\" class=\"elementor elementor-1022\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25e40c1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25e40c1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cfeb8ab\" data-id=\"7cfeb8ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d44799b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d44799b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"> Poll: Americans Concerned About ChatGPT-4o Launch, Support Federal Legislation After Disbanding of OpenAI\u2019s Long-Term Safety Team\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-35bf39a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35bf39a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3427bca9\" data-id=\"3427bca9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4572f662 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4572f662\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/triblock.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-91\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/triblock.png 339w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/triblock-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a4975d7\" data-id=\"3a4975d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198661c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"198661c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 26-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>After being shown videos of the GPT-4o demos and being informed of the disbanding of OpenAI&#8217;s safety team, 52% of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of OpenAI. That compares to the 54% who hold a favorable view of Microsoft and 61% who hold a favorable view of Google.<br \/><\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say the recent demo and release of OpenAI\u2019s GPT-4o makes them more worried about artificial intelligence\u2019s growth, and just 24% say it makes them excited, according to a new poll from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The poll tested public opinion on AI and recent developments at OpenAI from the launch of GPT-4o to the disbandment of their long-term safety team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American voters were shown videos from OpenAI\u2019s live demos of GPT-4o, and 40% of them said the demos were more impressive than they expected from AI. 38% said it was less impressive, and 22% were unsure. Interestingly, among age brackets, the highest share of people who said GPT-4o is more impressive than they expected was respondents ages 18 to 44. 43% of them were more impressed, compared to 40% of those ages 45 to 64% who were more impressed, and just 34% of those aged 65+ were impressed. 41% of those aged 65+ said the GPT-4o demos were <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> impressive than what they expected from AI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1017\" src=\"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/e4e68fece7e155cee813d322403fff7474178b5a655a18ca4dc04a54b6ad6d41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/e4e68fece7e155cee813d322403fff7474178b5a655a18ca4dc04a54b6ad6d41.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/e4e68fece7e155cee813d322403fff7474178b5a655a18ca4dc04a54b6ad6d41-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/e4e68fece7e155cee813d322403fff7474178b5a655a18ca4dc04a54b6ad6d41-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/e4e68fece7e155cee813d322403fff7474178b5a655a18ca4dc04a54b6ad6d41-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/e4e68fece7e155cee813d322403fff7474178b5a655a18ca4dc04a54b6ad6d41-1536x1028.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being shown the live demos of GPT-4o, 57% of voters are worried, and just 24% are excited. Those worried include 62% of Republicans, 59% of independents, and 50% of Democrats. 58% say the AI technology displayed in the demo will improve rapidly, compared to 18% who say the technology has mostly peaked and will improve slowly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1018\" src=\"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/f48d28fc3ee5152aabeecc0cb9916d4021dffb4be7be92f8b442daa84b21319c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/f48d28fc3ee5152aabeecc0cb9916d4021dffb4be7be92f8b442daa84b21319c.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/f48d28fc3ee5152aabeecc0cb9916d4021dffb4be7be92f8b442daa84b21319c-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/f48d28fc3ee5152aabeecc0cb9916d4021dffb4be7be92f8b442daa84b21319c-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/f48d28fc3ee5152aabeecc0cb9916d4021dffb4be7be92f8b442daa84b21319c-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theaipi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/f48d28fc3ee5152aabeecc0cb9916d4021dffb4be7be92f8b442daa84b21319c-1536x1019.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poll informed respondents about the recent departures of many of OpenAI\u2019s safety researchers and the disbandment of their Long Term AI Risk team. The survey noted that the outgoing head of Open AI\u2019s safety team, Jan Lieke, recently said that his team hadn\u2019t been given the resources they needed for their safety research, and Open AI had prioritized new products instead. In response, 47% of voters say these developments make them view Open AI less favorably, 44% say they make no difference, and 9% say it makes them view OpenAI favorably.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">59%\u2014including 61% of Republicans and 64% of independents\u2014say these developments at OpenAI increase the case for government regulation of AI companies. When asked whether OpenAI should more focus on AI product development or on AI safety\u2014and being informed of the pros and cons of each position\u201467% say OpenAI should focus on AI safety. Additionally, 77%\u2014including 82% of Democracy, 71% of independents, and 79% of Republicans\u2014say the government should step in to mandate safety testing for powerful AI models rather than leave testing up to the companies themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLast week alone saw several major developments at OpenAI that demonstrate just how fast the AI train is speeding along and how far off the tracks the technology could go if we don\u2019t install safeguards,\u201d <\/span><b>said Daniel Colson, the Executive Director of AIPI,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cAmericans are experiencing a great deal of anxiety when watching theses GPT-4o demos, and the coinciding breakup of OpenAI\u2019s safety team only increases it. Our polling shows that all parties, from companies to the public to elected officials, will benefit from federal legislation to safeguard this technology. And considering where the AI conversation was just one year ago when deep fakes of the pope were breaking the news to where it is now, we must act quickly before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More key findings from the poll:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">52% of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of OpenAI. That compares to the 54% who hold a favorable view of Microsoft and 61% who hold a favorable view of Google.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked which they thought best describes AI, 62% say it is a uniquely powerful technology, unlike other technology that came before us; it will dramatically change society. Just 18% agree with the other option that AI is a technology like many others that came before us; it will produce modest changes in society.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">66% of Americans say that reducing harm from the misuse of these models by bad actors must be a policy priority over supporting the growth and spread of the benefits of these models.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><b>About the Poll\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poll surveyed 1,089 registered voters on May 18. The poll was conducted in English, and its margin of error is \u00b15.2 percentage points.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See full toplines and crosstbas <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/18_hrXchAN42UYhC93YEqaPZEzVWQAc2q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><strong>About The Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute<\/strong><br \/>The Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute is an AI policy and research think tank founded by Daniel Colson to advocate for ethical oversight of AI for mitigating potential catastrophic risks posed by AI. AIPI\u2019s core mission is to demonstrate that the general public has valid concerns about the future of AI and is looking for regulation and guidance from their elected representatives. If politicians want to represent the American people effectively, they must act aggressively to regulate AI\u2019s next phases of development. AIPI seeks to work with the media and policymakers to inform them of the risks of artificial intelligence and develop policies that mitigate risks from emerging technology while still benefiting from artificial intelligence.<\/p><p>While much of the public discussion has been oriented around AI&#8217;s potential to take away jobs, AIPI will be focused on centering the importance of policies designed to prevent catastrophic outcomes and mitigate the risk of extinction. Currently, most of the AI space comprises those with a vested interest in advancing AI or are academics.<\/p><p>The AI space lacks an organization to both gauge and shape public opinion on the issues\u2014as well as to recommend legislation on the matter\u2014 and AIPI will fill that role.\u00a0<\/p><p>Ultimately, policymakers are political actors, so the country needs an institution that can speak the language of public opinion sentiment. AIPI\u2019s mission is about being able to channel how Americans feel about artificial intelligence and pressure lawmakers to take action.<\/p><p>AIPI will build relationships with lawmakers by using polling to establish AIPI as a subject matter expert on AI safety and policy issues. Politicians are incentivized to support AI slowdown policies due to the strong majority of voters supporting slowdown and regulation. But AI is currently less salient as a political issue than other topics, as so far, there have only been moderate impacts from emerging AI tech.\u00a0<\/p><p>AI technological advancement is and will continue to be an evolving situation, and politicians, the media, and everyday Americans need real-time information to make sense of it all. AIPI\u2019s polling will show where people stand on new developments and provide crucial policy recommendations for policymakers. \u00a0<\/p><p>Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/slingshotstrat.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=865564f828935557f0d1f56d1&amp;id=1be8d1eacf&amp;e=b755484da0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theaipi.org\/<\/a> or follow Daniel on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/slingshotstrat.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=865564f828935557f0d1f56d1&amp;id=cff5860f32&amp;e=b755484da0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DanielColson6<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58d1eb8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58d1eb8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe51316\" data-id=\"fe51316\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being shown videos of the GPT-4o demos and being informed of the disbanding of OpenAI&#8217;s safety team, 52% of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of OpenAI. 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