Poll: The older and richer you are, the more you like AI

New polling from Public First shared with POLITICO finds that older and wealthier individuals are more positive about AI, while 18- to 24-year-olds are the least positive, with more than a third worried that AI will make critical thinking harder and exactly a third believing career-relevant expertise will become more difficult.

LONDON — Increasing age and financial security correspond to increasing positivity towards AI and what it can bring, according new polling from Public First shared with POLITICO. The least positive age group are 18 to 24-year-olds who are concerned about the technology’s impact on their own thinking skills and career progression. Although the heaviest users of the tech, more than a third of 18-24s worry that AI will make critical thinking harder, and exactly a third think developing career-relevant expertise will become more difficult, finds the polling https://publicfirsttech.substack.com/p/gen-ai-the-puzzling-case-of-britains . The age group was the most pessimistic across all career-related issues, spanning independent problem solving and learning from mentors.