Public have more fear than hope on AI and future of work, study finds

There is literally nothing in it for me (all productivity gains will be pocketed by my employer) and there are many reasons to be afraid of it.

Funny, it seems Asian countries are more optimistic than Western countries [1]. Maybe this says more about the people running these countries than the technology itself. Technology is just a tool after all.

https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/publi... [1]

Maybe because the people behind it are batshit crazy and can barely articulate the benefits themselves? Maybe because it sucks out capital for virtually any other industry while we're not sure we're not in a bubble? Also, corporate culture, slop and hype.

Yes i completely agree with this. As many employer say to employees this can be done by AI then what is the use of you guys. These kind of situtation are there

I’m completely burned out because our team has no new headcount as management wants to see how AI tools span out.

Gonna see what happens when I get out eventually. I’m sure my colleagues still have some potentials…

I know I sound like the cliche hubristic mad scientist here but, the public seems completely incapable of thinking of the potential of AI and it is deeply frustrating. Is this what a factory worker oriented school system gets us?