80% of Americans believe AI harms should be a government priority
The gap is driven largely by Democrats becoming more concerned, while Republicans’ concern remains high (63%) and relatively unchanged.However, among those saying they’re “very concerned” about AI, Democrats have long reported higher levels of concern than Republicans. We have interpreted that as a bellwether for potential partisan polarization, which we’ve seen further signs of in our most recent survey. We’re wondering who the broad majority of Americans trust on AI issues, and what they are hearing from them.
- ▪The gap is driven largely by Democrats becoming more concerned, while Republicans’ concern remains high (63%) and relatively unchanged.However, among those saying they’re “very concerned” about AI, Democrats have long reported higher levels
- ▪We have interpreted that as a bellwether for potential partisan polarization, which we’ve seen further signs of in our most recent survey.
- ▪We’re wondering who the broad majority of Americans trust on AI issues, and what they are hearing from them.
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80% of Americans now believe AI harms should be a government priorityAnd more early signs that concern may be polarizingSep 22, 202613ShareOn September 9th, news broke that Jacob Coxon, an Anthropic employee, had resigned from the company with a warning to the public that the technology could “kill us all by the end of the decade.” Jacob’s tweets broke through to the public when previous similar warnings did not, and have been viewed more than 173 million times by the writing of this newsletter.The next day, our survey went into the field, revealing two big shifts in how Americans feel about AI:1/ More Americans than ever are prioritizing AI harmsCompared to our survey just two weeks earlier, there was a significant jump in the number of Americans saying “AI harms” should be a top…
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