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作者：詹妮弗·德·平托、弗雷德·巴克斯
更新于：2026年9月18日 / 美国东部时间下午6:13 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
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如同任何强大的新技术一样，美国人明白人工智能既可以被用于善途，也可能被用于恶举。人们在某些方面持乐观态度，但如今悲观情绪占据上风。
大多数美国人确实担心人工智能模型会自主行动伤害人类，更有甚者担心人类会利用人工智能模型伤害他人。
但美国人并不想完全叫停人工智能发展，因为多数人认为美国需要发展AI以保持竞争力，且必须比中国发展得更快。他们还认为AI能够带来医疗和科学领域的突破。
因此，问题的关键在于如何管控和监管AI。
但谁应该来承担这项工作？企业和政府应当携手合作。
民众普遍认为人工智能企业无法自行负责任地进行管理，这使得社会呼吁出台更多政府监管措施。
乐观派和悲观派之间的一个分歧点在于对经济影响的认知差异：那些认为AI即将取代工作岗位的人，在AI的其他方面也更为悲观。民众的观点与年龄或党派立场并无紧密关联。
但美国需要发展AI以维持竞争力。
企业和政府应共同承担责任。
更多人认为政府应扮演限制而非推动AI发展的角色。
不过，至少有一部分人对AI在医疗治疗方面取得有益发现、简化工作任务持乐观态度。
这种乐观态度，再加上民众认为需要保持竞争力的认知，意味着几乎没有人认为应该完全叫停AI。相反，他们主张放缓发展步伐。
民众仍普遍担忧AI会取代工作岗位。这是此前民调中长期存在的担忧。
在那些认为政府应限制而非推动AI应用的人群中，这种担忧尤为突出。
与此同时，更多劳动者认为AI会让他们的工作变得更轻松，而非更繁重，尽管他们也倾向于认为AI总体上会减少而非增加就业岗位数量。
因此，总体而言，人们认为AI带来的问题多于其解决的问题。
大卫·范·里珀为本报道撰稿。
本次哥伦比亚广播公司新闻/舆观调查民调于2026年9月16日至18日期间进行，受访对象为具有全国代表性的2051名美国成年人。样本根据美国社区调查和当前人口调查以及2024年总统选举结果，按照性别、年龄、种族和教育背景进行加权，以确保能代表全国成年人口。误差范围为±2.5个百分点。
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Will AI harm humans? CBS News poll finds Americans want to slow development but not stop it
2026-09-18T17:59:00-0400 / CBS News
By Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus
Updated on: September 18, 2026 / 6:13 PM EDT / CBS News
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Like any powerful new technology, Americans understand that AI could be used for good or bad. There is optimism on some fronts — but pessimism outweighs it today.
Most Americans do worry AI models will act on their own to harm people, and even more that models will be used by people to harm others.
Yet Americans do not want to stop AI altogether, because most do think the U.S. needs to develop AI to be competitive, and must do so faster than China. They also think that it can lead to medical and scientific breakthroughs.
So it’s a matter of containing and managing it.
But who should do this? Both companies and government together.
People tend not to think AI companies will manage it responsibly by themselves, which leads to a wider call for government restrictions.
One difference between the more optimistic and pessimistic people has to do with perceived economic impact: Those who think AI is poised to take jobs are more pessimistic on other aspects about it. Views don’t closely follow age or partisanship.
But the U.S. needs it to compete.
Companies and the government share responsibility.
And more see a government role to restrict, not promote, AI development.
However, there’s at least some optimism about AI making helpful discoveries in medical treatments and making tasks easier.
That, combined with the perceived need to compete, means very few think AI should be stopped completely. Rather, they say, slow down.
There continues to be wide concern AI will take jobs. This has been a long-standing concern in previous polling.
This concern is especially pronounced among people who think the government should restrict AI use, rather than promote it.
At the same time, more workers think it will make their jobs easier to do than harder, even if they tend to think it will reduce, rather than increase the number of jobs overall.
And so on balance, it’s seen as creating more problems than it solves.
David Van Riper contributed to this report.
This CBS News/YouGov survey was conducted with a nationally representative sample of 2,051 U.S. adults interviewed between September 16-18, 2026. The sample was weighted to be representative of adults nationwide according to gender, age, race, and education, based on the U.S. Census American Community Survey and Current Population Survey, as well as 2024 presidential vote. The margin of error is ±2.5 points.
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