The 'AI vibe check' shows Americans haven't completely turned on AI, but it's not getting better.
A daily AI tracker shows that Americans still support further AI development, but they're certainly not euphoric about it.
A daily AI tracker reveals that while Americans still support continued development of artificial intelligence, sentiment toward AI is gradually waning, according to Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. The tech industry is debating the potential consequences of AI, with some Silicon Valley insiders expressing concerns about AI causing human extinction.
However, Jason Jones, a computational social scientist at Stony Brook University, found that the average sentiment toward AI development in his survey remains above neutral but is gradually trending downward. The most recent responses collected since February 2024 show a net-positive support for further AI development, with the monthly average peaking in April 2025 at 1.57 on a seven-point scale.
Jones' data, collected from over 10,300 responses, indicates that the mood toward AI remains ambivalent, with concerns about jobs, usefulness, regulation, corporate incentives, privacy, and environmental costs being more salient to the public than existential risks.
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