Public Images of Artificial Intelligence: An Overview
Public Images of Artificial Intelligence: An Overview

Summary/Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is not only a ubiquitous topic in scholarly debates but, in recent years, has also received increased media and political attention. Discussions, initially strongly influenced by autonomous vehicles but currently dominated by expectations concerning Large Language Models such as ChatGPT, have contributed to public awareness. There are debate cycles, often characterised by a significant decline in public attention after a certain period of time, and the issue, to a large extent or completely disappears from mass media's agenda, and they are often specific to certain countries. In this paper, a cursory and tentative cross-country overview concerning studies on media representations and the public perception of AI is provided. The use of AI in healthcare is particularly highlighted, as there are currently particularly high expectations regarding the benefits of AI, but other areas of application are also considered. It was tentatively concluded that in many countries, public perceptions and public attitudes toward AI are often based on superficial knowledge and even prejudices.

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