![[article image]](https://cacm.acm.org/system/assets/0003/1425/053118_Sofia_Ordonez-CNNMoney_AI_and_jobs.large.jpg?1527778842&1527778841 "More than a third of Americans surveyed worry that the use of artificial intelligence in business will lead to job loss.")
Americans' concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) include job reduction and threats to humanity and personal privacy, with 42% of 1,535 adult Internet users saying AI should be government-regulated, according to a new Brookings Institution survey.
Although 14% of respondents were very positive about AI, 27% were only somewhat positive, 23% were not very positive, and 36% were uncertain.
In terms of AI's impact on employment, 12% of respondents thought it would create jobs, 13% foresaw no effect, and 38% expected AI to lead to job loss.
Nearly half of the respondents felt AI would undermine personal privacy, while 34% expected the technology to make their lives easier, and 13% said it would make their lives harder.
Nearly a third of respondents said they considered AI a threat to mankind, compared to 24% who did not.
From Brookings Institution
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