AI Existential-Risk Concern
Ethics & CSRReliability: alpha 0.873 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of concern about long-term existential or catastrophic risks from advanced AI — including loss of human control, misalignment, and societal disruption.
Sample item(s)
“Advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity”
“I worry that humans may lose control of advanced AI”
“Society is not prepared for the long-term risks of AI”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.87. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Foundational existential-risk text; modern survey items operationalize this construct.
Source & citation
Bostrom, N. (2014): Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford University Press.
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