For the First Time, Most Young Americans Are More Concerned About AI Than Excited, Pew Finds

My take: This Pew Research survey made me stop and think. For the first time since Pew started asking this question in 2021, a majority of U.S. adults under 30 (55%) say they are more concerned than excited about artificial intelligence. In 2021, 25% were excited about AI. Today, only 11% are.

The main fear is employment: 73% of young adults expect AI to result in fewer available jobs over the next 20 years, a number that has risen 12 points since 2024. And it's not just the younger generation: 52% of all U.S. adults say they are more concerned than excited, compared with 37% in 2021.

This isn't a marketing crisis. It's a signal that the industry has real work to do in showing, with concrete facts, that AI can be a tool that expands people's opportunities rather than reducing them. What is your company or team doing to demonstrate that value in practice?