Form: AI Anxiety Scale, AIAS

1 – Strongly disagree
2 – Disagree
3 – Somewhat disagree
4 – Neither agree nor disagree
5 – Somewhat agree
6 – Agree
7 – Strongly agree
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Taking a class about the development of AI techniques/products makes me anxious.
2
Learning to use AI techniques/products makes me anxious.
3
Learning to understand all of the special functions associated with an AI technique/product makes me anxious.
4
Learning how an AI technique/product works makes me anxious.
5
Learning to use specific functions of an AI technique/product makes me anxious.
6
Learning to interact with an AI technique/product makes me anxious.
7
Being unable to keep up with the advances associated with AI techniques/products makes me anxious.
8
Reading an AI technique/product manual makes me anxious.
9
I am afraid that AI techniques/products will replace someone's job.
10
I am afraid that if I begin to use AI techniques/products I will become dependent upon them and lose some of my reasoning skills.
11
I am afraid that widespread use of humanoid robots will take jobs away from people.
12
I am afraid that an AI technique/product may make us dependent.
13
I am afraid that an AI technique/product may make us even lazier.
14
I am afraid that an AI technique/product may replace humans.
15
I am afraid that an AI technique/product may get out of control and malfunction.
16
I am afraid that an AI technique/product may be misused.
17
I am afraid of various problems potentially associated with an AI technique/product.
18
I am afraid that an AI technique/product may lead to robot autonomy.
19
I find humanoid AI techniques/products (e.g. humanoid robots) scary.
20
I find humanoid AI techniques/products (e.g. humanoid robots) intimidating.
21
I don't know why, but humanoid AI techniques/products (e.g. humanoid robots) scare me.

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