Many Americans Fearful of Losing Jobs to AI

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more inevitable across many sectors of human life. Countless people rely on programs like Alexa and Google Assistant to help them in their homes and on the web.

Across various industries, AI is playing a prominent role in streamlining day-to-day operations, gathering data, and even bringing about new results. The latter is especially prominent in the medical field. Many believe that with time, AI could lead to earlier and more effective detections of cancer and other illnesses.

Nevertheless, there’s a flip side to artificial intelligence. Concerns have been raised about its potential to infringe on individuals’ privacy rights and give false positives or false negatives.

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One major issue of contention is the effect that AI could have on human workers. According to new data, a decent amount of Americans are quite worried about this.

36% of Americans fear losing employment to AI

At this time, 36% of folks working in both part-time and full-time positions fear that artificial intelligence may one day put them out of a job.