Only 16% of Americans think AI will help society, even as 44% now use ChatGPT (techcrunch.com)
Pew finds only 16% of Americans think AI will be a net positive for society over the next 20 years, versus ~40% expecting harm. Nearly two-thirds say development is moving too fast, and the under-30s are the most pessimistic group of all at 14%.
The thread split on why. One camp says tech overestimated demand and is manufacturing inevitability; another points out ChatGPT is genuinely huge. The detail that stung HN: in Pew's usage ranking, Claude came last at 6%, behind Grok, MetaAI and Copilot.
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