I'm not generally a fan of articles of the form "X's conceptions of Y", especially when the population of X considered is very small, but I'll make an exception here because the study speaks (in some way, at least) to broader social attitudes. After all, as I've argued elsewhere, our ethical beliefs are shaped informally long before anyone trots out a set of 'ethical principles' to follow. Certainly, though, we should not generalize from these findings. So what do we see? In terms of ethics, most of the students focused on the benefits of AI, its "potential to improve efficiency, convenience and productivity." A minority expressed "concerns related to data privacy, dependency and unequal applicability of AI technologies." There are interesting things said about AI as a whole and intelligence in particular (for example, "some students viewed natural entities, such as tree branches and ice, as inherently intelligent due to their natural, born-with ability to grow, adapt and evolve without human manipulation").
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