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2025-08-01

Prolific.com survey on AI pause

I conducted a survey on Prolific.com on whether US citizens support a pause on further AI development. 1484 people responded.

Analysis

Pause support (Overall)

Pause support (Age)

Pause support (Sex)

Pause support (Ethnicity)

Pause support (Status)

Raw data

Link to full response data

Prolific.com study details (filled before starting survey)

(~10 responses out of ~1500 were rejected due to minor issues with the approval system)

Prolific.com study details (after completing survey)

Google form details (created before starting survey)

Background material OPTIONAL. 
https://youtube.com/shorts/n79CNY_NpBw?si=W5WxEnsQw3crKtEn
Background material OPTIONAL. 
https://youtube.com/shorts/3Q4SXpY32TU?si=MwCaXDY33wGTh-8x
Background material OPTIONAL. 
Letters signed by experts
https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
https://aistatement.com/
Data privacy and consent
Data that will NOT be published publicly: Name, Prolific ID, Personally identifying info (email ID, phone, social media ID, home address)
Data that will be published publicly: Responses to survey below, Fluent languages, country of birth/residence/citizenship, age, sex, ethnicity, student/employment status
[ ] Yes, I consent
I support a pause on further AI research
[ ] Strongly agree
[ ] Weakly agree
[ ] Neither agree nor disagree / No opinion on this topic
[ ] Weakly disagree
[ ] Strongly disagree

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