Issue 3
Our third report in our series on Partisan Animosity and America in 2024 examines attitudes toward artificial intelligence and its implications for Americans’ personal and national safety.
Our results show that concern about AI is widespread:
- 49.8% of Americans expect AI to have negative consequences for the safety of elections.
- 65.1% of Americans are worried that AI will harm personal privacy.
- 40.0% of Americans think that AI will make national security worse.
- 38.3% of Americans are concerned about the use of AI in law enforcement.
- 50.1% of Americans anticipate elections becoming less civil due to the use of AI.
- 49.6% of Americans are worried that AI will threaten their jobs.
Younger, more affluent, and non-white Americans are on average less likely to be worried about AI.
There are also small differences along partisan lines:
- Republicans are more concerned about the implications of AI for personal privacy, national security, and elections.
- Democrats are also worried about the effects of AI on personal privacy and elections but are divided over whether AI improves national security.
- Independents are more pessimistic about the consequences of AI for all three areas, especially personal privacy.
About the Path to 2024 Report Series
PRL’s Path to 2024 report series is a new monthly chronicle covering partisan attitudes of Americans in the lead-up to the November 2024 presidential election. Each month, we focus on a different salient issue affecting voters and analyze public attitudes from our weekly public opinion poll. We will take on topics ranging from attitudes toward policy issues, such as immigration, to the health of our democracy. Backed by hard data, we hope to inform and dispel myths about what everyday Americans really believe. The reports are produced and written in clear language by PRL political scientists.