The 'AI vibe check' shows Americans haven't completely turned on AI, but it's not getting better.
A long-term study tracking American sentiment toward AI development shows that public opinion remains lukewarm and ambivalent. While support for AI development is still net-positive, it is gradually trending downward over time.
Why it matters
Understanding public sentiment is crucial for policymakers and tech companies as they navigate the societal integration of artificial intelligence.
One daily AI tracker showed that Americans still support continued development of AI, but that sentiment is gradually waning. Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The tech industry at large is having a frenzied debate about whether AI will kill us all. Surveys suggest public opinion on continued AI development remains unsettled. One "AI vibe check" tracker shows that respondents still support AI development. There's infighting among Silicon Valley insiders and elites about whether AI could kill us all and if frontier companies should slow down because of it. How do the normies feel, though? You know, the everyday people whose lives AI leaders say will be forever changed for generations to come? "Lukewarm" is how Jason Jones put it.
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