Supporting the technocracy of artificial intelligence: Data from a representative Spanish sample.

The recent development and improvement of generative AI have significantly influenced the lives of all citizens in developed countries. However, this technological advancement is occurring in a context of economic distress and political uncertainty with the rise of the political extremism. In this article we present a dataset collected for examining social and political attitudes of the Spanish population. We obtained participants' responses through a research company using an online survey. The sample was stratified by quotas following the distribution of the Spanish population. All participants received an economic compensation for their participation. The dataset featured in this article contains data of 1,541 participants on support for technocracy of artificial intelligence (AI), subjective socioeconomic status, political orientation, and other related variables such as financial threat, financial scarcity, perceived socioeconomic decline, perceived economic inequality, and relative deprivation. The survey also collected sociodemographic data. Importantly, these data were collected during a period of political elections in some regions of Spain. This is the first dataset on support for technocracy of AI and social and political attitudes that may shape it in current societies. It is proposed to consider this dataset as a help to clarify and examine the relationship between the perception of economic situation and support for an AI technocracy. This data publication could offer new perspectives for addressing current political and economic challenges, proposing solutions based on data and the potential factors that foster trust in AI as a part of government.