1、A New Age of Enlightenment?A New Threat to Humanity?Experts Imagine the Impact of Artificial Intelligence by 2040They say we will have to rethink what it means to be human and reinvent or replace major institutionsBy Lee Rainie and Janna AndersonFebruary 2024 A New Age of Enlightenment?A New Threat

2、to Humanity?Experts Imagine the Impact of Artificial Intelligence by 2040 They say we will have to rethink what it means to be human and reinvent or replace major institutions By Lee Rainie and Janna Anderson Imagining the Digital Future Center Elon University Recommended Citation:Lee Rainie,Janna A

3、nderson.“Experts Imagine the Impact of Artificial Intelligence by 2040.”Imagining the Digital Future Center.February 29,2024.2 About Elon Universitys Imagining the Digital Future Center Imagining the Digital Future is a non-partisan,public-good research initiative at Elon University focused on the i

4、mpact of the digital revolution and what may lie ahead.The Center was established in 2000 and expanded and renamed in 2023.Its mission is to discover and broadly share a diverse range of opinions and ideas about the potential future impact of digital change,informing important conversations and poli

5、cy formation and helping to promote a positive future for humanity.The Center draws on insights gathered through canvassings of thoughtful and far-sighted experts in a wide range of fields.Those qualitative contributions are complemented by a range of methodologies,including public opinion polling,c

6、omputational analysis and other data-driven research.How we did this This report shares results of the Centers 17th canvassing.It builds off previous efforts that were jointly conducted by Elons Imagining the Internet Center and Pew Research Centers Internet Project;48 previous reports were generate