A recent YouGov poll found that the average American is pretty pessimistic about the prospects of AI.
Most Americans (71%) feel that the pace of AI development is moving too fast. […] Most Americans are skeptical that everyone will benefit economically from AI. Nearly two-thirds (64%) of Americans say that it is slightly or very unlikely that AI will create economic gains that benefit everyone.
Not a good showing for a technology which is supposed to be the savior of humanity (or at least business). It makes you wonder how much of that perception is due to the hype and fearmongering by the fine folks who built AI. It surely can’t help if, for example, the CEO of Perplexity runs around and tells everyone that AI will replace them, right?
