""We didn't even ask them about AI, but it just kept coming up," says Haimson, an associate professor of information at the University of Michigan and author of the book Trans Technologies, which explores how tech is being used to address the needs and concerns of transgender people. The persistent unease about AI led the team to pivot the project and conduct a large-scale, nationwide survey that examined perceptions of AI among different demographic groups."
""If you think about nonbinary identity, it's really about rejecting categorization and rejecting being put into these boxes," Haimson says. "And if you think about AI technologies, the only reason it works is because of these large-scale systems that are basically placing things into categories and boxes. And so to me, it feels like it's just fundamentally at odds with nonbinary identity in a lot of ways.""
A study that began with transgender people's experiences of augmented reality shifted after repeated expressions of skepticism about artificial intelligence during data collection. Researchers conducted a large-scale nationwide survey measuring AI perceptions across demographic groups. Survey results indicated nonbinary individuals reported the most negative attitudes toward AI, linked to tensions between nonbinary identities and AI systems that categorize people. Multiracial respondents also expressed reservations about AI's tendency to impose standard boxes. Individuals with disabilities, particularly those identifying as neurodivergent or with mental health conditions, showed increased negative attitudes toward AI.
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