  Generative AI is an emerging technology that will have a profound impact on
society and individuals. Only a decade ago, it was thought that creative work
would be among the last to be automated - yet today, we see AI encroaching on
creative domains. In this paper, we present the key findings of a survey study
on people's perceptions of text-to-image generation. We touch on participants'
technical understanding of the emerging technology, their ideas for potential
application areas, as well as concerns, risks, and dangers of text-to-image
generation to society and the individual. The study found that participants
were aware of the risks and dangers associated with the technology, but only
few participants considered the technology to be a risk to themselves.
Additionally, those who had tried the technology rated its future importance
lower than those who had not.
