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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for July 6, 2023
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July 6, 2023: Seventy-six percent (76%) of voters say it should be against the law to alter a photo or video of another person without that person’s permission. A Scott Rasmussen national survey found that 83% believe that if someone alters an image in a way that is harmful to another person, he or she should be held legally responsible, including being subject to fines and other consequences.
The survey also found that 77% of voters believe it is likely that politicians will abuse Artificial Intelligence technologies to harm their political opponents. The same number (77%) are concerned about individual citizens using this sort of AI technology to harm each other or attack people they don’t like.
Methodology
The survey of 1,000 registered voters was conducted online by Scott Rasmussen on June 19-20, 2023. Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. Certain quotas were applied, and the -sample was lightly weighted by geography, gender, age, race, education, internet usage, and political party to reasonably reflect the nation’s population of registered voters. Other variables were reviewed to ensure that the final sample is representative of that population.
The margin of sampling error for the full sample is +/- 3.1 percentage points.
Note: Neither Scott Rasmussen, ScottRasmussen.com, nor RMG Research, Inc. have any affiliation with Rasmussen Reports. While Scott Rasmussen founded that firm, he left nearly a decade ago and has had no involvement since that time.
Editor's note: a previous version of this story was published with incorrect survey results. It has been updated to reflect the correct results.
Survey Questions
New technologies make it possible to alter a photo or video of another person. It could change the other people in the photo, the setting, and other aspects of the context. Should it be against the law to alter a photo or video of another person without their permission?
- 76%-Yes
- 13%-No
- 11%-Not sure
If someone alters an image in a way that is harmful to another person, should he or she be held legally responsible, including being subject to fines or other legal consequences?
- 83%-Yes
- 8%- No
- 8% -Not sure
How likely is it that politicians will abuse Artificial Intelligence technologies to harm their political opponents?
- 36% -Very likely
- 41%-Somewhat likely
- 3%- Not at all likely
- 11% -Not sure
How concerned are you about individual citizens using this sort of AI technology to harm each other or attack people they don’t like?
- 34%-Very concerned
- 43%-Somewhat concerned
- 12%-Not very concerned
- 3%-Not at all concerned
- 7%-Not sure
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