Americans Express Growing Concern Over AI's Daily Life Integration as Majority Fears Creative and Social Decline

Sep 17, 2025
Pew Research Center
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Summary

A new survey reveals Americans are increasingly worried about artificial intelligence integration into daily life, with 53% fearing AI will damage creative thinking and 50% believing it will harm meaningful relationships, though majorities still support AI for analytical tasks like weather forecasting and financial crime detection.

Key Points

  • Americans express more concern than excitement about AI's increased use in daily life, with 50% more concerned than excited and 57% rating AI's societal risks as high
  • Most Americans believe AI will worsen people's ability to think creatively (53%) and form meaningful relationships (50%), while only small percentages expect improvements in these areas
  • While Americans want more control over AI use and oppose AI involvement in personal matters like religion and matchmaking, majorities support AI roles in analytical tasks like weather forecasting (74%) and searching for financial crimes (70%)

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