Critique of AI Trust Poll: Question Design Flawed
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-19
Addressing a poll showing that young Americans are less trusting of AI compared to seniors (the opposite of the EU trend), this post critiques the methodology. The author argues that the phrase "can't be too careful" used in the questionnaire strongly triggers risk-minimization values in neurotic American Gen Zers, skewing the results. The author deems it a flawed question design.
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