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Majority of Americans Say AI Is Advancing Too Fast, New Survey Finds A growing majority of Americans believeartificial intelligence is evolving fasterthan society can safely manage, according to a new survey. The findings show that 71% of respondents feel AI development is moving too quickly, reflecting increasing public concern over the technology's rapid expansion. The survey suggests that unease is not only about AI itself but also about whether governments, regulators, and businesses can keep pace with its accelerating development. According to new data from The Economist and arecent YouGov poll, Americans are now evidently more skeptical than optimistic about AI. Researchers found that there are roughly twice as many AI pessimists as optimists across political groups, suggesting that concerns are broadly shared rather than politically driven. Additional findings from Quinnipiac University support this trend, with 51% of Americans stating that AI is advancing faster than they expected. Read more:Microsoft Releases Important Updates For Surface 8, Pro Laptops TechRadarnoted that, based on the survey, one of the strongest concerns highlighted in the data involves employme…

How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Report | September 17, 2025 How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Americans see a role for AI in some areas of society but want more control over its use. About half say it’ll erode creative thinking X Facebook Threads LinkedIn WhatsApp Mail Add Us On Google By Brian Kennedy , Eileen Yam , Emma Kikuchi , Isabelle Pula and Javier Fuentes Table of Contents How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society 1. AI in Americans’ lives: Awareness, experiences and attitudes 2. Views of AI’s impact on society and human abilities 3. Americans on the risks, benefits of AI – in their own words Acknowledgments Methodology Appendix (SmileStudioAP) How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand Americans’ views of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential impact on people and society. For this analysis, we surveyed 5,023 adults from June 9 to 15, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This k…

Most Americans say AI development is moving too fast and twice as many ... Many Americans express concerns about how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect the economy and the job market, according tothe latest Economist / YouGov Poll. More Americans are pessimistic than optimistic about AI's long-term effects, but the source of that pessimism varies with age. Young adults are more likely than older Americans to believe that AI will create economic gains that benefit everyone, but they are also more likely to worry that AI will replace jobs they depend upon. Most Americans (71%) feel that the pace of AI development is moving too fast. About one-quarter (27%) say the pace is about right and only 2% say it is moving too slowly. Democrats (77%) are slightly more likely than Independents (69%) and Republicans (68%) to say that AI is advancing too fast. One-third (33%) of adults under 30 say that AI is moving at about the right pace, the most of any age group, though nearly two-thirds (64%) say that it is moving too fast. Older Americans are most likely to say it is moving too fast: 79% of Americans 65 and older say this. Most Americans are skeptical that everyone will benefit econ…