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79 AI policies
CSAIP's linked write-up says the survey covered 79 economic policies total, not 79 AI-specific policies. It says some of the 79 were generic baseline economic proposals, and only 48 directly mentioned AI.
Full reasoning
CSAIP's own article distinguishes between 79 total policy ideas and the smaller subset of policies that were actually AI-specific.
In the linked post, CSAIP writes that its survey measured support on 79 policies total. But it also explicitly says it included non-AI baseline economic policies as comparison points: "These baseline policies do not include specific language related to AI disruption." It then breaks out the AI-related subset separately, stating that 31 of 48 policies that directly mention AI had majority support, and 19 of 27 policies specifically mentioning AI economic disruption had majority support.
So calling all 79 items "AI policies" overstates what was tested. According to CSAIP's own description, the 79-item battery included both AI-related policies and generic economic comparison policies.
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- What 56,000 Americans told us about AI policy. - CSAIP
"Our national survey of 56,000 respondents measured public support on 79 policies..." The article also says: "We've also included other economic policies in this battery as useful sign posts for baseline support. These baseline policies do not include specific language related to AI disruption." And: "When we look at policies that directly mention AI, 31 of 48 economic policies had majority support, and 19 of 27 of the policies specifically mentioning AI economic disruption had majority support."