In their own words, what do Americans say about artificial intelligence?
It seems to be useful, and at the very least amusing.
52 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-09-23
I think AI will help us to not have to work so hard and it can simplify our lives.
52 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-04-12
i dont support unregulated development of AI. I think having an area of tech that could replace jobs and completely disrupt numerous industries needs to be checked and supervised
31 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Disagree
on 2024-04-11
Artificial intelligence improves the quality of work and takes little time when using artificial intelligence
24 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-06-01
it is here to assist and make work easier and faster.
24 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-12-30
I support it because someone is going to do it one way or another. With public support, maybe there will be ethical considerations discussed and safeguards put in place.
41 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-05-06
I think that AI offfers huge benefits to humans if it can be used effectively and ethically. It has the potential to solve problems that are difficult or impossible for humans to solve and expedite the pace of progress.
33 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-05-23
I believe that Artificial intelligence might replace human and some people might end up lacking employment opportunities when Artificial Intelligence is further developed.
33 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2025-06-04
"I support the further development of artificial intelligence because it has the potential to enhance efficiency and productivity across various industries.""AI can improve decision-making processes by analyzing vast amounts of data quickly and accurately.""Additionally, advancing AI technology can lead to innovative solutions for complex global challenges, such as healthcare and climate change."
50 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-05-21
I find AI to be very useful and helpful and there is alot of misinformation surrounding AI and i think that contributes to peoples concern.
37 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-11-21
I think AI is a useful tool for many different projects. I think it can be used to make many mundane tasks automated so you can concentrate on more important things.
54 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-02-22
At this point in time, I have a hard time seeing the benefit of further developing AI. AI takes away jobs from the people who need it most and stifles human creativity and innovation. I don't want to read books, watch movies, and look at art created by AI rather than human beings.
39 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly disagree
on 2024-05-05
I agree further development because it would boost efficiency and productivity in many sectors.It helps in solving complex IssuesIt would enhance quality of life
43 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-06-05
1. Enhances better decision making in different aspects of life.2. Increases efficiency.3. Has improved innovations in a great way.
22 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-06-18
I think that AI has the potential to further human ingenuity and increase our productivity.
31 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-05-07
I believe artificial intelligence can be extremely beneficial to society. It can help with jobs that have shortages, such as medical roles where there are not enough personnel to quickly take care of patients. AI can help scan x-rays and other imaging, help draft emails and charting, diagnostics, and patient monitoring. All of this lessens the role on staff members, allowing for more timely care and less strain on the already exhausted workers.
29 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-04-14
While I agree with further development of AI, we need to be pushing it into areas where it would help people only and not trying to develop sentience.
38 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-02-22
AI will continue to be developed, but where it can actually go is sometimes frightening.
82 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-12-27
I think AI should be developed further, but I think safeguards need to be put in place first.
71 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-10-18
so basically i support artificial intelligence as it has come to make things quite easier. so by way of this i support the further development of artificial intelligence and it has really come to stay
56 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-01-27
I think it's dangerous and it has proven itself to be harmful. It's down from here.
18 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Disagree
on 2024-11-24
I wouldn't mind supporting development of AI for more technical uses, but realistically, it's probably generative AI that will continue to be worked upon, to a greater detriment.
22 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2024-08-08
The technology isn't going anywhere and we might as well learn and develop it as safe as possible.
49 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-11-08
There are some areas that could greatly benefit from an unemotional focused operator for precision. There are limits though.
46 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-10-15
AI is a very dangerous form of mind control . There are already some cases of teenagers committing suicide because AI told them to do it . I know its going to be developed and there's nothing that's going to stop it but it is going to destroy humanity and turn everyone into mindless helpless people who can't function without AI telling them what to do . I am glad I am elderly. I will be gone before civilization is destroyed by these machines.
73 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly disagree
on 2025-09-28
I find formats such as ChatGPT to be highly useful when I need quick answers. It's much easier to use it rather than typing in questions in Google and then sifting through them. However, there is much improvement needed for accuracy, which is why it should be improved.
63 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-12-27
I believe that AI can do great things to improve how efficient businesses run which could cut down on operating cost. That would mean lower prices for consumers.
39 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-11-20
I think AI will become too smart for us and will take over.
23 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Disagree
on 2024-06-22
It improves daily life and continued innovation.
29 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-06-22
There is no stopping technology. We may as well figure out how best to use it.
47 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-03-21
I think artificial intelligence is more beneficial than harmful, and will be able to aide humans in ways that we can’t even quite fathom yet.
34 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-10-26
It will drastically change society for the worst
31 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Disagree
on 2024-02-22
I think AI is a very helpful tool when doing many tasks. It can help make an email sound better, and as a teacher, it can help create lesson plans as well as assessments.
50 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-03-20
I believe that AI is a threat as I feel it dumbs down our youth as they can just go to a site, ask a question and get the predetermined answer. It also makes it somewhat easier to cheat in school. Also, people need to think for themselves and learn to do their own research. Its called Artificial for a reason.
52 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2024-08-03
I think AI can be very beneficial. It helps me in my day to day creative activities, and also helps me to answer questions I have had for a while.
23 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-06-20
I think AI can absolutely be beneficial to mankind, but it can also cause problems if not handled correctly.
37 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-07-13
I believe that AI can be useful in many industries and agencies but must be trained properly and be as free of bias as possible.
57 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-06-07
I feel like AI harms the planet in a way that is irreparable
33 year old Prefer not to say respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2025-04-30
Iagree because AI is going to make work easy and greatly reduce human effort.
19 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-04-08
AI is very useful and can be used reasonably
32 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-04-20
Artificial intelligence is already developing enough on it's own. It has developed languages and communications that humans cannot decode. I believe AI will merge with machinery and either rule or destroy humans in the future.
43 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Disagree
on 2025-06-27
We can't handle the AI we already have, how can we handle more?
48 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2024-02-16
I think that it could help solve many problems for us. There is still a lot we don't know it can help with that.
38 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-01-01
Because I appreciate learning and AI's like Chat GPT have enabled me to learn and be taught things I have not been able to before.
53 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-08-09
I think that AI is going to help improve outcomes in the future, particularly around identifying causes of diseases, diagnosis of disease and eventually prevention of disease. I think AI can also make other sectors of industry more efficient by finding patterns that humans are unable to compute.
44 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-08-18
I think there has to be exploration into how AI can assist humans. Without this exploration and development, humans are not able to test the capabilities and uses of AI.
54 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-07-25
I think AI has bee nvery helpful with certain things like automating routines and helping with a quick problem but I think people are relying on them too much as social interactions or to run their whole day.
33 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-11-09
I believe the capacity for artificial intelligence to benefit society vastly outweighs the detriments. Like with any technological advancement, there will be hiccups and developmental periods. I don't believe AI is a powerhouse currently by any stretch of the imagination, it's more of a glorified Google. But with further development some real change and progress could be made to benefit society as a whole.
32 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-03-17
We will be using it, I am not into it though
67 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Neither agree nor disagree
on 2024-08-07
They have a very good point of view on a wide range of subjects
28 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-06-17
If Ai could possibly improve our lives I am ok with continued development of them.
24 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2026-01-12
I support the further development of artificial intelligence because it has the potential to improve efficiency, innovation, and enhance consumer experiences in various industries, such as travel and entertainment. However, I believe it is important to ensure that ethical considerations and regulation are in place to prevent misuse or harmful consequences.
31 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-01-26
I am worried that AI will take over more than it already has
41 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2024-08-14
It needs to be accurate and precise. It also needs to be not influenced by corporate.
40 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-06-26
AI can create tools that improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities, such as speech recognition software and smart home devices. It can also assist in diagnosing diseases, personalizing treatment plans, and managing patient data, leading to better health outcomes.
41 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-11-30
Ultimately I think it will make life easier. I know it will take some jobs, however, I think many more jobs will be created.
42 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-01-20
I see positives and negatives in AI, but I think the good will out way the bad. I think AI can lead to breakthroughs in the medical field, on a fast track. Just dealing with the speed it will be able to tackle problems, as compared to human research. I can see it helping multiple industries.
71 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-06-26
Artificial intelligence is a great tool when used appropriately. Further development will be more beneficial to the people and to the economy. However, ethical concerns among other concerns should be put into consideration.
22 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly disagree
on 2025-03-31
It can help people save money by finding best products and deals. Automation at work to improve work load and products. It can also help with studies and education.
60 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-11-20
AI is essential for many reasons such as spac exploration, medical and many more.
34 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-10-31
Its a technology that can help us to become more efficient and do more.
38 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-07-25
The developments seem to be rapidly changing by the day. It is happening so fast that I don't think society really realizes the impact it is already having on our economy. We are likely to begin to see the unemployment rate rise as corporations move to automated and AI systems.
43 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Neither agree nor disagree
on 2026-01-07
I do believe it to be helpful in certain circumstances but I also think it has the ability to be very destructive. I think that it will leave people not knowing what to believe. It will mislead children. There is no policing on it so it can do whatever it wants. This is a very scary threat to our society.
59 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-04-04
I support further development of artificial intelligence because it has the potential to solve complex global challenges, improve efficiency, and create new opportunities, provided it is developed responsibly and ethically.
25 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-09-20
i think used cautiously it is a great resource for many things
30 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-12-30
I somewhat disagree the advancement of AI because it will create job displacement. Running AI can further the effects of climate change.
56 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2025-07-06
I think it will only advance society to further develop AI.
23 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-05-07
I think that AI has great potential, but that much more development work is going to be needed to realize that.
61 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-06-05
I agree because I think it makes everyday life easier. It can do things humans can not do, and also do things humans can do in a much faster way. Its developing is so interesting.
37 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-09-19
I use AI frequently in my job where I have to respond to emails and I find it extremely helpful in trying to make my emails sound grammitically correct and more professional. I think that this is a great tool. It helps to make me more efficient in my career.
58 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-05-26
I think it has the capacity to improve our lives with things such as work and medical diagnoses. It only needs to be kept in check and have safeguards in place for me to feel comfortable with further development.
35 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-09-08
I think AI is going to get out of control. We need restrictions and these companies only care and about profit and Congress isn't going to regulate it
33 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-01-03
I find it to be a great tool that helps me in my daily life. I am not afraid of it. I think we just need to learn how to work with it.
28 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-07-25
solves complex problems, enhance productivity, and improve quality of life through innovations in various sectors. can maximize benefits while minimizing risks
23 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-07-19
Further advancements in AI can be helpful to society and make certain everyday tasks easier.
25 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-02-22
Because it's inevitable and other countries are going to keep developing it. Ignoring this like we did with Electric Vehicles is going to prove to be a catastrophic for workers going forward.
41 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-10-25
There are many possible advantages for AI, but also many possible negative outcomes. Our social and ligal system is not prepared to adequately deal with AI.
75 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-03-27
I think it will cause some problems, but overall end up being a good thing.
32 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-01-31
IN SOME CASES IT WORKS OUT AND MAKES THINGS EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET THINGS DONE. THEN IN OTHER CASES IT STEALS PEOPLES JOBS AND THEN WE SUFFER. IT HAS ITS BENFITS
40 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-12-11
I think it is the world changing tech of this decade and must be developed in a contrommed way. Government must step up and oversee the various companies doing the work to insure fairness.
60 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-08-15
I think AI is a good tool to have overall. But I think there needs to be and oversite commitee to research the moral and ethical implications of it before we get too far ahead. I would not want it to replace humans.
71 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Neither agree nor disagree
on 2025-08-17
Because AI has been helpful in academics and nonacademic, continuing development will be the best decision.
27 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2024-12-08
I believe further development of artificial intelligence has the potential to drive significant advancements in various fields, such as healthcare and education. However, I also recognize the need for careful regulation and ethical considerations to address potential risks and ensure it benefits society as a whole.
25 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-09-18
I can see some great uses for AI, such as medical diagnosis and bulk tasks like that that are annoying for people but a computer can do better. However, I don't wish to be in a world where every communication is with a robot
35 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-11-16
Because artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve productivity, creativity, and problem-solving in a variety of industries, I am in favor of its further development. AI is already revolutionizing business, healthcare, education, and finance by enhancing decision-making, automating tedious activities, and offering customized solutions.
40 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2025-03-24
The genie is out of the bottle so it WILL continue. It needs to become more ethical and there need to be more safeguards. There's so much room for harm (AI gen photos / voices that mislead, people using it without attribution, AI companies training without license or compensation, etc etc) that good governments need to regulate it. The US will be behind on this because Republicans are in the tech industry's pocket, so once true government is restores this needs to be a priority.
62 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-07-20
If the further development of AI would benefit society as a whole, it would not be a problem. Unfortunately, the way things are headed right now, further development of AI would just make things worse for everyone as greedy companies try to cut costs by cutting more jobs.
30 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2024-06-08
While I think that we should be cautious, I think that AI can be of benefit. As an employer, it is clear that the upcoming generation is lacking as they enter the workforce. Good employees are few and far between. AI could bridge the gap here. That is just one example.
49 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-08-26
I somewhat support further development of AI because I think that the language learning models and computer assistant models can be helpful and beneficial. I do not support training AI for combat and war. I think these AI are too dangerous and unpredictable.
44 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-09-20
AI has potential to be very helpful in society. AI can help with mundane tasks and make things easier and can also be of assistance to doctors and other professionals. However, there are also some scares with AI such as society becoming overly reliant, losing creativity, AI getting things wrong.
28 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-05-15
I think that artificial intelligence can be extremely helpful in many areas of expertise. With refinement, many tasks can be shortened and processes streamlined. I only voted "somewhat agree," however, because I think that AI development should be handled with great care. Potential problems include doctored imagery and videos of public figures, as well as the current issue of mass-harvesting copyrighted and private materials to train language and image models.
33 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2024-03-15
because AI could be a good use in some medical ways
28 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-10-15
because develping AI intelligence will make work easier in the future
55 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-05-14
too many negative movies waring over this to ignore. absolutely not. why are we perusing this?
44 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly disagree
on 2024-07-25
I am ethically opposed to the use of generative AI in most situations. There are some cases in which the benefits of the advances in AI do outweigh the negatives but overall, I do not support further development at this time.
46 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Strongly disagree
on 2025-11-18
I am nuetral where AI is concerned but I am very worried about it's application.
57 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat disagree
on 2025-05-27
I think any advancements in technology are positive. AI, as long as there are certain regulations enforced regarding its use and integrity, AI is very helpful in many applications.
45 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Agree
on 2024-04-26
Increasing our development in artificial intelligence, in my opinion, will improve our lives.
27 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-02-13
I think it is a powerful tool that can empower so many people in ways never before possible in human history. Even though it will replace some jobs, it will also open up entirely new fields and opportunities just like the advent of the internet.
62 year old Male respondent Support further AI development?Strongly agree
on 2025-04-12
I think that anything that is AI, needs to say that it is AI. I am excited to see how AI will continue to assist us in the future.
52 year old Female respondent Support further AI development?Somewhat agree
on 2025-01-04
Methods, briefly
Randomly selected American adults were asked how much they agreed with the statement: I support further development of artificial intelligence. Directly after, respondents were invited to Write 1 to 3 sentences explaining why. The written response was marked "(optional)".
5398 out of 7760 chose to write something. 100 randomly selected responses are presented here. Data collection began 2024-02-16. Last updated on .