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Only 16 percent of Americans think AI will have a positive impact on society, a new study shows
Key takeaways
- In fact, although a whole lot of Americans increasingly use AI in their daily lives, most of them have neutral to negative views about it, the research reveals.
- Only 16 percent of Americans think that AI s impact on society during the next 20 years will be positive, Pew says, while around 40 percent say that it will have a negative impact.
- A vast majority of people (67 percent) don t believe that the U.S. government will do anything to meaningfully regulate AI.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
Despite the fact that AI increasingly dominates our economy (it s hot IPO summer and we re all just along for the ride), most Americans are not particularly optimistic about the technology s long term impact on the country, a new study from Pew Research reveals.
In fact, although a whole lot of Americans increasingly use AI in their daily lives, most of them have neutral to negative views about it, the research reveals.
Only 16 percent of Americans think that AI s impact on society during the next 20 years will be positive, Pew says, while around 40 percent say that it will have a negative impact.
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