Subj : AI Coming for your job?
To   : All
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Aug 20 2025 08:41:01

Coming for your job? Most Americans now fear AI will cause widespread cuts 
for humans

Date:
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 13:02:00 +0000

Description:
Americans are worried AI will cause widespread job losses  but it seems
they're more concerned than just that.

FULL STORY

A new Reuters /Ipsos study has found nearly half (47%) of Americans believe 
AI is bad for humanity, and in terms of more than just jobs. 

The study added how almost three in four (71%) Americans are concerned AI 
will cause permanent job loss, with many divided about AI's role in education
(only 36% think it will help). 

Besides jobs, US citizens are worried about AI's broader implications within
the society, including political chaos, military uses and even a risk to
humanity.

American citizens aren't so sure about the future of AI 

Even more citizens are worried about AI disrupting political systems (77%) 
via deepfakes and other misinformation campaigns, with around half (48%)
opposing to military use of AI to decide strike targets. 

Although workers and consumers broadly acknowledge AI's productivity 
benefits, they're mostly concerns about the misuse of artificial 
intelligence, with harmful applications like fake medical information, racist
content and AI bots all cited in the study. 

Users are also becoming increasingly conscious of AI's sustainability 
impacts, with three in five (61%) worried about high electricity demand from
AI data centers. 

Despite noting a 12% decrease in data center emissions in its latest
Sustainability Report , Google warned of a 27% surge in energy demand as a
result of intensive compute demands  and other companies in this space are 
all facing similar challenges. 

Concerns span all areas of AI, but with workers still sharing early concerns
that AI could replace jobs, industries are yet to prove this theory. 

Tech sector layoffs have cost hundreds of thousands of jobs since the launch
of ChatGPT and subsequent AI tools , however with US unemployment rates
remaining fairly steady (4.2% in July 2025), what we're seeing more than
widespread job losses is a shift in jobs  as some become redundant, new roles
open up.

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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/coming-for-your-job-most-americans-now-fear-ai-w
ill-cause-widespread-cuts-for-humans

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