Generative AI is an emerging technology that will have a profound impact on society and individuals. Only a decade ago, it was thought that creative work would be among the last to be automated - yet today, we see AI encroaching on creative domains. In this paper, we present the key findings of a survey study on people's perceptions of text-to-image generation. We touch on participants' technical understanding of the emerging technology, their ideas for potential application areas, as well as concerns, risks, and dangers of text-to-image generation to society and the individual. The study found that participants were aware of the risks and dangers associated with the technology, but only few participants considered the technology to be a risk to themselves. Additionally, those who had tried the technology rated its future importance lower than those who had not.

翻译：生成式人工智能是一项新兴技术，将对整个社会和个体产生深远影响。仅在十年前，人们还认为创造性工作会是最后被自动化的领域之一——而如今，我们看到人工智能正在侵入创意领域。本文阐述了一项关于人们对文本到图像生成技术认知的调查研究关键发现。我们探讨了参与者对该新兴技术的技术理解、对潜在应用领域的构想，以及文本到图像生成技术对社会和个体可能带来的关切、风险和危险。研究发现，参与者普遍意识到该技术相关的风险与危险，但仅有少数参与者认为该技术对自身构成威胁。此外，实际体验过该技术的人对其未来重要性的评价低于未体验者。