Amid shaken trust in U.S. institutions, information is our most valuable currency. Enter artificial intelligence, which is revolutionizing our access to information and informing Americans in ways once thought unimaginable. From politics to law and media, everyday Americans are on a quest to harness AI to get more informed than ever.
And yet, “AI doomerism” dominates the headlines. As AI shows advances from medicine to market research, fearmongering is easy to come by, with skeptics criticizing Silicon Valley and questioning the need for this next frontier of private-sector innovation.
Of course, there are downsides to AI research, development and deployment. Concerns about misinformation and disinformation are only compounded today. For example, 85% of Americans are concerned ab