A new study shows that only 16% of Americans believe that artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on society

Despite the fact that artificial intelligence is increasingly dominating our economy (it Hot summer for IPO A new study by Pew Research reveals that most Americans are not particularly optimistic about technology’s long-term impact on the country.

In fact, although many Americans are increasingly using AI in their daily lives, most have neutral or negative views on the topic, the research reveals.

Pew says that only 16% of Americans believe that the impact of artificial intelligence on society over the next 20 years will be positive, while about 40% say it will have a negative impact.

The vast majority of people (67%) do not believe the US government will do anything to meaningfully regulate AI. A similarly skeptical group (59%) does not trust companies’ ability to develop it securely.

Young people – that is, people under the age of 30 – are the people who have the most negative feelings towards artificial intelligence. Pew says that only 14% of this group believe technology will have a positive impact on society.

On top of all this, the vast majority of Americans — nearly two-thirds — also believe that the development of artificial intelligence is happening too quickly.

Despite all the doubts, a large number of Americans also report that they are using AI in their daily lives on an increasingly regular basis. About a quarter of Americans say they use AI chatbots on a daily basis. Those who use chatbots typically use them for research or business purposes, Pew says.

The vast majority of people who use AI use ChatGPT. 44% of U.S. adults now say they use an OpenAI chatbot, a number that has more than doubled since 2023, Pew wrote.

The second most popular chatbot is Gemini (24 percent), followed by Copilot (17 percent) and MetaAI (14 percent), with Grok (8 percent), Claude (6 percent) and Cacter.ai (3 percent) trailing behind.

There is little gender division. While the use of chatbots is increasing for both men and women, men are still using AI more and are more enthusiastic about it, while women are more skeptical, Pew says. Men are more likely to say they use AI chatbots in their daily lives (27% vs. 20% for men), and while equal shares of men and women say they use ChatGPT, men are more commonly using other brands, such as Copilot and Grok.

The report also highlights how artificial intelligence is changing the ways Americans consume information. Six out of ten survey respondents told Pew that they routinely read AI-generated Internet summaries (in fact, on Google, they’re largely unavoidable). Far fewer report using artificial intelligence for information about fitness and diet.

There are also still a large number of people – about half the country – who say they do no Using artificial intelligence in their daily lives. People who do not use AI tend to be older, while those under 50 are more likely to say they do. Nearly 75% of Americans ages 65 and older say they never use AI chatbots.

Those people who do not use chatbots say that they do not use them because they are not interested in them, and add that they have no intention of using them in the future.