First HAPI poll: 54% of Americans think AI will make society worse
NinaDSchick · x · 2026-08-26
Nina Schick publishes the inaugural HAPI (Human AI Perception Index) poll on American attitudes toward AI:
- 48% of Americans view AI negatively, with 29% "very negatively"; positive views are roughly half of negative ones, and 28% are undecided.
- 55% believe AI will make society worse over the next decade — the "abundance narrative" has clearly not landed.
- AI penetration is low: despite Anthropic's $70bn annualized run rate (up from $10bn last year), most Americans don't use AI, only 10% daily, and frontier-AI discourse lives in a tiny bubble.
The full report with more granular analysis arrives next week.
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