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LaurenClev
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LaurenClevCommunity Manager
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May 28, 2026

Nearly half of Americans feel negatively about AI. Where do you land?

  • May 28, 2026
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I’m at a conference this week and came across a stat I found really interesting (and maybe a little surprising too):

 

46% of Americans hold negative feelings about AI, and only 26% feel positively. [NBC News, March 2026]

 

So I'm curious: which camp are you in, and has that shifted at all over time? And if you're using AI regularly at work, how do you navigate that gap between your own experience and the broader skepticism out there?

 

Whether you're excited and exploring, still forming an opinion, or somewhere in the complicated middle, I'd love to hear where you’re at today and what's shaping it. 👇

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    abhay5683
    abhay5683
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    May 29, 2026

    I think a big part of the skepticism comes from how AI is being positioned. Many people hear “AI will replace jobs” before they ever experience how it can actually help them work better.

    Personally, my view has shifted over time. Initially, I saw AI mainly as a productivity tool. Now I see it more as an accelerator for learning, problem-solving, and execution — but only when combined with human judgment and domain expertise.

    In day-to-day work, AI has genuinely helped reduce repetitive effort, speed up research, improve communication, and even challenge thinking patterns. But at the same time, the concerns are valid too: misinformation, overdependence, low-quality outputs, and people using AI without understanding fundamentals.

    So I’d say I’m somewhere in the “optimistic but practical” camp. AI is powerful, but the real differentiator is still the person using it — their context, critical thinking, and experience.

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