  Artificial intelligence (AI) has widespread societal implications, yet social
scientists are only beginning to study public attitudes toward the technology.
Existing studies find that the public's trust in institutions can play a major
role in shaping the regulation of emerging technologies. Using a large-scale
survey (N=2000), we examined Americans' perceptions of 13 AI governance
challenges as well as their trust in governmental, corporate, and
multistakeholder institutions to responsibly develop and manage AI. While
Americans perceive all of the AI governance issues to be important for tech
companies and governments to manage, they have only low to moderate trust in
these institutions to manage AI applications.
