Governing Artificial Intelligence: Public Preferences and Regulatory Options

arXiv cs.AI · 6 hours ago

A conjoint survey experiment across seven countries found that citizens strongly prefer AI regulation prioritizing safety over innovation, public governance over private self-regulation, and international over national oversight. The study included respondents from diverse political and economic regions and identified that perceived risk, unpredictability, and personal consequences drive stronger safety preferences. Current regulatory approaches show systematic misalignment with these public preferences, suggesting policymakers are not following citizen priorities on how AI should be governed.