- 71% of American citizens believe that AI could cause loss of permanent employment
- Only one in three thinks that AI is useful in education.
- Unemployment rates are widely unchanged
A new PakGazette/The Ipsos study has found that almost half (47%) of Americans believe that AI is bad for humanity, and in terms of more than just jobs.
The study added how almost three out of four (71%) Americans are concerned about AI will cause loss of permanent employment, and many divided over the role of AI in education (only 36% believe it will help).
In addition to the works, US citizens are concerned about the broader implications of AI within society, including political chaos, military uses and even a risk to humanity.
American citizens are not so safe about the future of AI
Even more citizens are concerned with the interruption of AI that interrupts political systems (77%) through Deepfakes and other wrong information campaigns, with about half (48%) oppose the military use of AI to decide the strike objectives.
Although workers and consumers widely recognize the benefits of AI productivity, they are mostly concerns about the misuse of artificial intelligence, with harmful applications such as false medical information, racist content and AI bots, all cited in the study.
Users are also increasingly aware of AI impacts, with three out of five (61%) concerned about the high demand for electricity of AI data centers.
Despite noticing a 12% decrease in the emissions of the data centers in their latest sustainability report, Google warned about a 27% increase in energy demand as a result of intensive calculation demands, and other companies in this space face similar challenges.
The concerns cover all areas of AI, but with workers who still share the first concerns that AI could replace jobs, industries have not yet demonstrated this theory.
The layoffs of the technological sector have cost hundreds of thousands of jobs since the launch of Chatgpt and the subsequent AI tools, however, with the unemployment rates of the United States that remain quite stable (4.2% in July 2025), which we are seeing more than a loss of generalized employment is a change in the works, as some become redundant, new open roles.
