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Threats of Artificial Intelligence Scale.

TAI

What it measures
Perceived threat from AI, measured separately per AI application domain (the development study covers autonomous driving, healthcare and loan/credit decisions).
Length and format
approx 12 threat items administered per application domain - exact count unverified. Likert agreement (self-report questionnaire)
Language versions
Validated Chinese version published; English version used internationally
Normative data
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Licence
open with attribution

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Reference
Kieslich, K., Lunich, M., & Marcinkowski, F. (2021). The threats of artificial intelligence scale (TAI): Development, measurement and test over three application domains. International Journal of Social Robotics, 13(7), 1563-1577. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00734-w

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00734-w

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