Mind & Society: why so many people say no to AI
Half of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI. The sceptics' main arguments, in their own survey answers, and the uses they do support.
Half of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI. The sceptics' main arguments, in their own survey answers, and the uses they do support.
· Captions, from MarketingProfs (Pew Research Center data), Fact Check Team (Sinclair), Feedbagel
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What the video says
AI is everywhere. So why do so many people want less of it? In a 2025 Pew Research Center survey of more than 5,000 American adults, half said they were more concerned than excited about AI. Only one in ten was more excited than concerned.
The first argument is about us. More than half expect AI to make people worse at thinking creatively. Half expect it to weaken our ability to form meaningful relationships. The second is trust.
Most say it matters to tell AI-made content from human work. Most are not confident they can. But this is not a blanket no. Seventy-four percent support AI for weather forecasting.
For mental health support, it's forty-six percent. The sceptics are not just afraid of the new. Their doubts are a list of what AI still has to earn. Next: more hidden stories.
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