This session of the Gender Working Group features a presentation by Aina Gallego (University of Barcelona).
How do workers perceive Generative AI? More as an opportunity or as a threat for their occupational prospects? And how do these perceptions influence their policy and political preferences?
We conducted a survey experiment on around 6,000 workers in 98 occupations directly exposed to Generative AI, in Germany, Italy, and the US. Treated respondents are shown a video of ChatGPT performing the most frequent core task in their occupation. On average, they become more optimistic about the technology’s impact. Yet, a substantial share of treated respondents become more threatened.
This leads to polarisation of policy preferences: threatened individuals increase their support for technology regulation and redistribution policies, while optimistic individuals move the other way. The threatened also express warmer attitudes toward 'backlash' political parties.
Co-authors: Massimo Anelli (Bocconi University), Italo Colantone (Bocconi University), Piero Stanig (Bocconi University).
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