AI adoption is on the rise, with 3 in 5 Americans saying it improves their lives

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In a nutshell: Artificial intelligence, and not just the generative kind, has never been more prevalent than it is today. But many people's views of the technology range from skepticism to outright hostility. However, a recent survey shows that 3 in 5 US participants believe AI has improved their lives. It also revealed the states that rely most and least on AI.

The Listening App, which specializes in using AI to turn text into speech, surveyed Americans in various large cities across the country to learn more about their usage of AI.

Questions covered the frequencies of respondents' AI use, which tools they used, the purposes they have for these tools, and more. The answers were then used to create a reliance score from 0 to 100, with 100 representing populations most reliant on AI tools.

Some of the main takeaways include 60% of participants using AI tools or apps at least once a week. One in two have used AI to support their work, and nearly two thirds say their use of AI tools has increased in the past year.

Probably the two biggest findings are that 1 in 6 people said they have become dependent on AI in some way, while 3 in 5 said it has improved the quality of their daily life.

With a reliance score of 99.4, Oregon is the state with the highest reliance score, followed by Florida (98.6) and Arizona (94.6). The state least reliant on AI was Missouri (70.8), followed by Mississippi (73.5), and Rhode Island (75.1).

While the survey covers all types of AI, it was ChatGPT that proved the most widely used tool, with 77.9% saying they had used it. Google Translate was second with 44.8%, followed by Gemini (33.2%), Canva (28.5%), Grammarly (25.3%), and Copilot (22.2%).

As for their purposes, most people (62.7%) use AI for writing and editing. Online searching was a close second at 61.4%, followed by summarizing text (42.7%), brainstorming (39%), and generative art (32%).

There are some important caveats to remember here: the survey was carried out by an AI company, and it doesn't reveal how many people took part in the study. Still, the technology's role in society, for better and for worse, cannot be overstated.

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AI adoption is on the rise, with 3 in 5 Americans saying it improves their lives

 

[opckieran]

But... but... AI is a fad! A bubble! It's gonna burst! I sold all my nVidia stock because the crash is coming!

Give me a break. This is where computing is headed. I honestly wish more tech pubs would start benchmarking this way, because it's clear that gaming is stagnating if the most actively played games are nearly a decade old. Remind me, how old is DirectX 12 again?

And if there's one AI I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of, it's DOGE. Can't wait for that!

 

[The Talking Tech]

Of course A.I is improving people's lives...especially for software enterprises as A.I already started removing the human factor out of many software development jobs.

 

[yRaz]

But... but... AI is a fad! A bubble! It's gonna burst! I sold all my nVidia stock because the crash is coming!

Give me a break. This is where computing is headed. I honestly wish more tech pubs would start benchmarking this way, because it's clear that gaming is stagnating if the most actively played games are nearly a decade old. Remind me, how old is DirectX 12 again?

And if there's one AI I'm looking forward to seeing the fruits of, it's DOGE. Can't wait for that!

nVidia profit in their entire history as a company does is less than the total worth of their stock. That I'd what you call over valued.

To put this another way, if you take their earning per share from 2024, it would take 44 years for you to get a return on your investment if they payed out 100% of their profits in dividends.

So, yes, their stock is massively over valued. That doesn't mean they aren't a successful company. They are definitely the market leader, they do sell more AI products than any other company. That does not change the fact that their stock price does not reflect the market value of the company. An 60-80% correction in their stock price is very likely within the next 5 years.

I already 20x'd my money fron NV so, yes, I cashed out and moved that money around. I also moved out of S&p500 index funds because 50% of their value comes from the top 4 companies. This, historically, has never happened before in the history of the stock market.

 

[AlexIL]

It’s such an amazing improvement of people’s lives! So much free time. Not that much money to spend but it’s so creative nowadays to find an income.

Writers, journalists, software engineers ate all thrilled regarding endless perspectives opening up!

Just think about it. Fresh air, endless vacation, total freedom.

On the second thought I doubt jobless and homeless enjoy that very much.

 

[Kirby1]

I just started taking some online classes again after a ten year gap from school and wow... AI is so insanely useful for learning, so much more efficient. It's crazy how helpful it is.

 

[Str8Shot]

AI Governance will enslave mankind. People won’t even see the walls closing in on them, and many are already here - your RING, your Nest, your WiFi, your smart-whatever (fridge, stove, washing machine, etc).

The guise is always convenience and security, ALWAYS. Problem > reaction > solution, and the government creates them all. No one asked for AI, yet it’s being forced into EVERYTHING, even things that seemingly don’t need it (like toasters).

Those that embrace it, are welcoming in their own prison. People criticized the cell phone decades ago, and now it’s become a warden of our own prison. Try going to the bathroom or shower without it. The psychosis is as real as it gets.

Still think it’s a joke, consider this:

 

[Skully]

I find it hard to believe 3 of 5 people use AI, much less say it improves their life. This must have been a very select group. Or the folks giving the survey were very liberal about what constitutes "using AI". - like getting back a Google search and it showing the AI answer - Those are awful.

 

[Northy]

If Google wasn't deliberately fking their search engine to give me the run around for "more engagement' and more ads and more clicks and simply wasting my time for their own self enrichment I wouldn't need AI to do web searches.