General Attitudes towards AI Scale (GAAIS)
Information SystemsReliability: Positive alpha 0.88; Negative alpha 0.834 sample items
About this scale
A 20-item measure of general attitudes toward AI with two factors: positive (12 items, optimism about AI's benefits) and negative (8 items, concerns about AI's risks).
Sample item(s)
“For routine transactions, I would rather interact with an artificially intelligent system than with a human (positive)”
“I am impressed by what artificial intelligence can do (positive)”
“Artificially intelligent systems can make many mistakes (negative)”
“I am scared of artificially intelligent systems (negative)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: Positive alpha 0.88; Negative alpha 0.83. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Most cited AI-attitudes instrument; balanced positive/negative items.
Source & citation
Schepman, A., & Rodway, P. (2023): The General Attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence Scale (GAAIS): Confirmatory validation and associations with personality, corporate distrust, and general trust. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, Vol. 39, No. 13, pp. 2724–2741.
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