"A new study from Pew suggests that Americans aren't particularly optimistic about AI. A full 50 percent of respondents said they were more concerned than excited about the use of AI in their daily lives. That's down ever so slightly from 52 percent in 2023, but it's up significantly from 37 percent in 2021. Americans expressed a number of concerns about AI, chief among them that it will negatively impact our ability to think creatively and form meaningful relationships with other people."
"Just 18 percent believed that AI should play any role at all in dating and matchmaking, with just 3 percent being comfortable with it playing a "big role." The theme in general was that Americans are okay with AI performing analysis on large data to, say, predict the weather, or find cures for disease, but they wanted it to stay out of their personal lives."
Americans express substantial skepticism toward AI, with half reporting more concern than excitement about AI in daily life, up from earlier years. Major worries include erosion of creative thinking and weakening of meaningful human relationships. Strong resistance exists to AI involvement in dating, love, and religious advising. Many accept AI for large-data analysis like weather prediction or medical research but want it excluded from personal domains. Concern about misinformation ranks high, and a majority lack confidence in identifying AI-generated content. Younger Americans report higher levels of worry, and many feel they have little control over AI use.
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