gam3Mar 14
Michael Downey 🧢

📋 "According to the poll, only 26 percent of 1,000 registered voter respondents said they viewed AI positively, while a far bigger proportion of 46 percent viewed it negatively. In total, AI’s net favorability rating stands at a dismal negative 20 points."

🤔 Yet some persist....

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/hate-ai-more-ice-poll

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ICE #poll #evanPoll

People Really, Really Despise AI — Even More Than ICE, Poll Finds

According to a new national survey conducted by NBC News, AI is viewed even more negatively than the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Mar 14 at 2:20amWeb
Show threadAlice HarperMar 14
26% favorable and the industry is acting like it's a settled mandate. that gap is the actual story.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 14

@downey I think it's especially interesting with developers. 84% use or plan to use AI tools for development, but only 60% view AI favourably. For agentic development, 87% are suspicious of quality and reliability.

https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/ai

AI | 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey

Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 14

@downey for the general population, Microsoft's numbers show something like 25-35% regular users of AI in developed countries. Really interesting story about how better language support for Korean drove adoption there.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/topics/ai-economy-institute/reports/global-ai-adoption-2025/

Global AI Adoption in 2025 – AI Economy Institute | Microsoft

Global adoption of AI continued to rise in the second half of 2025 as the digital divide between the Global South and Global North widens.

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Show threadMichael Downey 🧢Mar 14
@evan #Microslop
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 14
@downey I don't understand. Do you mean you think the survey is bad?
Show threadMichael Downey 🧢Mar 14
@evan lol.
Show threadEvan ProdromouMar 14
@downey OK!