Public Opinion on AI: chart data from AI Adoption (https://aiadoption.org/public-opinion-on-ai/)

Data from the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI) and the partners named below. Licence: CC BY-ND 4.0, as for the AI Index.
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ai-benefits-outweigh-drawbacks-global-opinion.csv  59% of adults in 30 countries say AI products have more benefits than drawbacks, up from 52% in 2022
    Source: Ipsos, 2022–25
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-benefits-outweigh-drawbacks-global-opinion/
ai-benefits-vs-drawbacks-change-by-country.csv  Germany saw the largest rise of 26 countries in seeing more benefits than drawbacks in AI, up 12 points to 49%
    Source: Ipsos, 2022–25
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-benefits-vs-drawbacks-change-by-country/
ai-nervousness-change-by-country.csv  Nervousness about AI products rose 14 points in India in 2025, the largest increase of 31 countries
    Source: Ipsos, 2024–25
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-nervousness-change-by-country/
ai-excitement-vs-nervousness-by-country.csv  In Canada 64% say AI products make them nervous and 31% excited, the widest gap of 31 countries
    Source: Ipsos, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-excitement-vs-nervousness-by-country/
ai-will-change-daily-life-by-country.csv  89% in China expect AI products to profoundly change daily life within 3–5 years, the most of 31 countries
    Source: Ipsos, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-will-change-daily-life-by-country/
ai-improve-life-us-vs-global-average.csv  Americans trail the global average on all seven areas AI could improve; on saving time, 45% vs 56%
    Source: Ipsos, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-improve-life-us-vs-global-average/
ai-will-change-my-job-global-survey.csv  61% of adults in 30 countries think AI is likely to change how they do their job within five years
    Source: Ipsos, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-will-change-my-job-global-survey/
ai-improve-my-job-vs-job-market-by-country.csv  On Ipsos's global average, 40% expect AI to improve their own job but only 33% the job market
    Source: Ipsos, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-improve-my-job-vs-job-market-by-country/
us-adults-vs-ai-experts-ai-and-jobs-20-years.csv  64% of US adults expect AI to mean fewer jobs over the next 20 years; 39% of AI experts agree
    Source: Pew Research, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/us-adults-vs-ai-experts-ai-and-jobs-20-years/
ai-job-losses-by-occupation-us-public-vs-experts.csv  62% of US AI experts expect AI to mean fewer truck-driver jobs over 20 years; 33% of US adults agree
    Source: Pew Research, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-job-losses-by-occupation-us-public-vs-experts/
us-public-vs-ai-experts-ai-impact-20-years.csv  73% of US AI experts expect AI to improve how people do their jobs over 20 years; 23% of US adults agree
    Source: Pew Research, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/us-public-vs-ai-experts-ai-impact-20-years/
us-adults-vs-experts-ai-effect-human-capacities-2035.csv  48% of US adults expect AI to harm decision-making skills by 2035, against 30% of AI experts
    Source: Elon University, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/us-adults-vs-experts-ai-effect-human-capacities-2035/
ai-experts-vs-public-forecasts-for-2030.csv  By 2030, AI experts expect AI to score 75% on the FrontierMath benchmark; the public expects 50%
    Source: Forecasting Research Institute, 2026
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-experts-vs-public-forecasts-for-2030/
generative-ai-us-work-hours-forecast-experts-vs-public.csv  AI experts' median forecast: generative AI will assist 18.2% of US work hours by 2030; the public says 10%
    Source: Forecasting Research Institute, 2026
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/generative-ai-us-work-hours-forecast-experts-vs-public/
daily-ai-companion-use-forecast-experts-vs-public.csv  AI experts' median forecast: 30% of US adults will use an AI companion daily by 2040; the public says 20%
    Source: Forecasting Research Institute, 2026
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/daily-ai-companion-use-forecast-experts-vs-public/
excitement-about-ai-companionship-by-country.csv  52% across 21 countries are excited about using AI for companionship; the US is lowest at 25%
    Source: Ipsos and Google, 2026
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/excitement-about-ai-companionship-by-country/
trust-in-own-government-to-regulate-ai-by-country.csv  31% in the US trust their government to regulate AI responsibly, the lowest of 30 countries; Singapore: 81%
    Source: Ipsos, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/trust-in-own-government-to-regulate-ai-by-country/
trust-in-eu-us-china-to-regulate-ai.csv  Across 25 countries, a median 53% trust the EU to regulate AI, against 37% for the US and 27% for China
    Source: Pew Research, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/trust-in-eu-us-china-to-regulate-ai/
ai-innovation-vs-regulation-priorities-by-country.csv  58% across 21 countries rank advancing science and medicine with AI above protecting industries by regulation
    Source: Ipsos and Google, 2026
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/ai-innovation-vs-regulation-priorities-by-country/
net-concern-federal-ai-regulation-by-us-state.csv  In all 39 US states covered, more people fear federal AI regulation will not go far enough than too far
    Source: CHIP50, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/net-concern-federal-ai-regulation-by-us-state/
unsure-about-federal-ai-regulation-by-us-state.csv  In each of 39 US states, 27% to 38% are unsure whether federal AI regulation will go too far or not far enough
    Source: CHIP50, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/unsure-about-federal-ai-regulation-by-us-state/
federal-ai-regulation-views-by-demographic-group.csv  51% of Americans aged 65 and over say federal AI regulation will not go far enough, the most of any group
    Source: CHIP50, 2025
    Chart: https://aiadoption.org/data/federal-ai-regulation-views-by-demographic-group/
