Dare Obasanjo1d ago

Lots of striking stats about how Americans feel about AI

• 80% of Americans are concerned about AI.

• 74% of Americans believe the government is not doing enough to regulate AI.

• 70% of believe advancements in AI are likely to lead to a decrease in the number of jobs.

• 55% of Americans believe AI will do more harm than good in their day-to-day lives.

• 35% are excited about AI.

• 30% are concerned their own job could become obsolete

https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3955

The Age Of Artificial Intelligence: Americans' AI Use Increases While Views On It Sour, Quinnipiac University Poll On AI Finds; 7 In 10 Think AI Will Cut Jobs With Gen Z The Most Pessimistic | Quinnipiac University Poll

"The contradiction between use and trust of AI is striking. Fifty-one percent say they use AI for research, and many also use it for writing, work, and data analysis. But only 21 percent trust AI-generated information most or almost all of the time. Americans are clearly adopting AI, but they are doing so with deep hesitation, not deep trust," said Chetan Jaiswal, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Chair, Department of Computing, Quinnipiac University School of Computing and Engineering.

Show threadGaëtan Perrault

@carnage4life as I read this, I wonder how much of this is really about AI at all?
What if we replace "AI" with "Change"?

  • 80% of Americans are concerned about Change
  • 74% of Americans believe the government should do more to regulate Change...
  • 35% are excited about Change

I'm not actually sure there's anything unusual about those numbers, or anything specific to AI. 80% of people are concerned about change? That sounds about right. 🤷🏻‍♂️

If I replaced Change with any of the following, would we expect wildly different results?

  • Move to Electric vehicles
  • Replace most GP Doctors with Nurse Practitioners
  • Reduced or Increased Government Spending

None of this to say that AI doesn't have some possible quirk or sway on that number. I just don't know how big that sway really is.

Mar 31 at 7:56amWeb