Abstract We examine the impacts of potential artificial intelligence (AI) regulations on managers’ perceptions on ethical issues related to AI and their intentions to adopt AI technologies. We conduct a randomized online survey experiment on more than a thousand managers in the United States. We randomly present managers with different proposed AI regulations, and ask about ethical issues related to AI and their intentions related to AI adoption. We find that information about AI regulation increases manager perception of the importance of safety, privacy, bias/discrimination, and transparency issues related to AI. However, there is a tradeoff; regulation information reduces manager intent to adopt AI technologies. Moreover, information about regulation increases manager intent to spend on developing AI strategy including ethical issues at the cost of investing in AI adoption, such as providing AI training to current employees or purchasing AI software packages. (JEL: K24, L21, L51, O33, O38)

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有关 AI 法规的信息是否会更改经理对道德问题的评估和采用 AI 的意图？

摘要：我们研究了潜在的人工智能 (AI) 法规对管理者对人工智能相关伦理问题的看法以及他们采用人工智能技术的意图的影响。我们对美国一千多名经理进行了一项随机在线调查实验。我们随机向经理提出不同的人工智能法规，并询问与人工智能相关的道德问题以及他们与人工智能采用相关的意图。我们发现有关 AI 监管的信息增加了经理对与 AI 相关的安全、隐私、偏见/歧视和透明度问题的重要性的认识。但是，有一个权衡；监管信息降低了经理采用人工智能技术的意图。而且，有关法规的信息增加了经理在制定 AI 战略上的投入，包括以投资 AI 采用为代价的道德问题，例如为现有员工提供 AI 培训或购买 AI 软件包。（JEL：K24、L21、L51、O33、O38）