AI might not be taking jobs at the moment — but many people already fear it.
In our new preprint (experiment + large panel study), we examine why.
Drawing on Integrated Fear Acquisition Theory and the Technology Acceptance Model, we show that simply framing AI as being “in control” increases job replacement anxiety — especially when AI is seen as highly useful (ease of use didn’t matter).
Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/exg7t_v1
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