AI was supposed to win people over by now, it hasn’t
As AI becomes harder to avoid, consumers are growing more wary of the technology — and Silicon Valley is discovering that widespread adoption doesn’t necessarily lead to acceptance.
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Despite technological advances, public sentiment toward AI is becoming increasingly negative. Recent polls show that a majority of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI's growing presence in daily life, and most young adults don't trust major AI industry leaders to act responsibly. The lack of compelling consumer benefits, combined with concerns about job displacement and use of others' intellectual property, has created a public relations crisis affecting tech companies' business plans. Some industry leaders now acknowledge this represents a fundamental crisis of trust, noting that AI companies have not yet delivered on promises to benefit society in meaningful ways.
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David Robinson used to write the safety reports that accompanied every major model release at OpenAI. This week, he resigned from his position and is now speaking out in an editorial in The Atlantic. It's understandable if you're feeling a bit cynical about everyone suddenly coming out of the woodwork to warn about how dangerous the thing they helped build is. They did, after all, make this mess. But that doesn't mean we should discount their warnings. Robinson says that the c
