AP-NORC poll finds 64% of US adults say AI is developing too fast
A new national survey finds widespread concern about AI's pace and broad support for keeping the technology under human control.
Pace and policy priorities
AP-NORC published a new national poll on October 8 finding that 64% of US adults think AI technology is developing too quickly. The share was 76% among Democrats and 54% among Republicans; 8% of adults said development was too slow. About eight in 10 respondents said keeping AI under human control and protecting US workers should be important priorities for the federal government. These are preferences expressed in a survey, not evidence that AI has caused a particular number of job losses or that a specific safeguard has succeeded or failed.
Election use and survey limits
The poll also asked about the coming election. AP-NORC reported that 21% had used or planned to use AI to learn about a candidate or ballot issue, while 10% had used or planned to use it to decide whom to vote for. Those answers combine past use with future intentions; they do not show how many people have already relied on AI for voting decisions. AP-NORC interviewed 2,140 adults online and by telephone from September 24 to 28 and reported an overall sampling margin of error of 2.9 percentage points. This is a separate survey from the Reuters/Ipsos voter poll published October 7, which asked different questions of a different sample.