New survey: ~half of Americans don't recognize Sam Altman or Dario Amodei. Does name recognition shape how AI gets judged?

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A national survey reveals that roughly half of Americans do not recognize AI leaders like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, suggesting that public opinion about AI is instead driven by more familiar but negatively viewed figures like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

A national survey compared favorability and name recognition for 8 major tech executives, and the recognition gap is what stood out. The people most associated with building AI, Altman, Amodei, Huang, are unknown to a third to a half of the country, while opinions about tech as a whole keep getting measured through Musk and Zuckerberg, who most people know and view negatively. Tim Cook was the only one clearly above water. If most Americans can't name the people building AI, whose reputation is actually driving public opinion about it? Source: https://data.verasight.io/ai/many-americans-are-unfamiliar-with-sam-altman
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