What's driving AI fear?

One piece of the AI puzzle I've been paying special attention to is the dichotomy of the Worry vs the Wonder (much more on this later) about these amazing tech developments. The worry part has been growing as we've seen in previous issues of the Ipsos Consumer Tracker. Especially those who say they are "very" concerned about a number of AI-related issues. And I've been curious about how different media outlets have been covering AI topics. So in this wave of the tracker, we looked into that a bit. Here's what we found. When asked if most of the news coverage about AI is favorable, 53% of people who watch mostly CNN + MSNBC say yes, compared to 39% of those who primarily get news from Fox or other conservative channels. Interestingly, those splits are similar to the response to favorable portrayals in popular culture. Most people (77%) are seeing more AI coverage than they were six months ago (I’d raise my hand on that one) yet 60% would like to see more –?at least if that coverage is talking about how to use AI and 56% are interested in learning how to use AI tools.?

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