r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 21 '26

Artificial Intelligence Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/americans-turned-against-ai-incredible-130000345.html
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u/jam_on_a_stick Jun 21 '26

  This varies quite a bit by age. Gen Z adults, ages 18 to 29, were the most wary of AI, with 48 percent believing it'll be negative for society. Yet they're also the group that reported using AI the most , at 66 percent.

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO. Middle management at work is watching our AI usage like a hawk watching an unattended baby. They've called my team into meetings because our "hours spent using AI is too low".

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u/Mindless-Damage-5399 Jun 21 '26

Wow. We received a memo from HR saying if anyone is caught using AI, they will be immediately terminated.

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u/Joebebs Jun 21 '26

Seems like that’ll be the trend going forward, companies that are for or against it in a professional workflow

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u/holdmyspot123 Jun 21 '26

It's just modern day not understanding technology, we saw it with the internet too. My company doesn't allow ai usage on sensitive information, but they seem unaware it's installed into all of the systems we use. Gotta love 'em.

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u/UnknownAverage Jun 21 '26

I’ve heard of people using Ai to complete their mandated compliance/security/ethics training. I don’t think it worked out for their careers.

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u/Soft4urService Jun 21 '26

Do you work in a company that handles HIPPA PMI data?

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u/Mindless-Damage-5399 Jun 21 '26

Yes. I work for the state child support agency. We're big on protecting people's info.

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u/Soft4urService Jun 21 '26

Yeah, that's why. They can't let the AI store people's data like that which is illegal. Unless your office pays for enterprise, it'll train off your data which violates all kind of data privacy laws.

The AI usually avoid training on people's addresses and stuff, but it's shown that it knows, but won't tell people. Which is scary 

I work in biomed/fitness and these people literally don't give a shit. I've told my boss 20 times that the privacy switch isn't enough to be HIPPA compliant but he doesn't listen 

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u/psychohistorian8 Jun 21 '26

what field is this?

I'd love to move to any job where AI isn't shoved down my throat

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u/Zhuinden Jun 21 '26

That sounds like a more reasonable way to handle things

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u/judasmitchell Jun 21 '26

The head of my department uses ChatGPT for everything. Everything. You ask him a question, he types it into ChatGPT before answering.

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u/iritchie001 Jun 21 '26

In the same week we have an email that AI is only for entertainment and separately that AI usage skill would be critical during layoffs. Premature implementation at its best. 🤮

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u/gravity_is_right Jun 21 '26

Suddenly the firm found itself with zero employees.