Poll: Majority of Americans Say AI Is Bad for Society.

A 57% majority of U.S. adults say artificial intelligence is a bad thing for society, while 42% say it is good, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll of more than 2,500 adults released this week.

The poll was conducted by The Washington Post and ABC News in collaboration with the research and consulting firm Ipsos, using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel, according to the published findings [1].

The margin of negative sentiment is one of the widest recorded in recent national surveys of technology attitudes, and the intensity gap is starker still. The share of respondents describing AI as extremely bad outnumbers the extremely good camp by more than eight to one, an indication that opposition is not merely lukewarm but firmly held, according to the poll.

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