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Pew survey: most countries expect AI to cut jobs, not create them

A 37-country Pew Research survey of over 42,000 adults finds people in 34 nations expect AI to cause net job losses over the next 20 years.

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What to know

  • Pew surveyed 42,151 adults across 36-37 countries (Feb. 8–May 13, 2026); in 34 of 37 countries people expect AI to cause net job losses over 20 years.
  • Concern is highest in wealthy countries: Australia and South Korea at 76%, the US at 71%, up 7 points in the US since a comparable 2024 survey.
  • Younger adults (18-34) show sharply rising anxiety in countries like Sweden, Poland, Japan, Australia, Brazil and the US, while in 11 mostly high-income countries women are more worried than men.
  • Sentiment is not uniformly negative: a global median of 41% say they feel equally concerned and excited about AI, versus 37% mostly concerned and 13% mostly excited.

Pew Research Center survey publisherDario AmodeiDario Amodei Anthropic CEO

Pew survey: most countries expect AI to cut jobs, not create them
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    Survey results spread across social platforms and aggregators

    The findings circulate on Hacker News, Reddit and Bluesky, with users summarizing the survey's core finding that people expect AI to cause net job loss and to widen the gap between rich and poor.

    “A new Pew Research survey across 37 countries found that on balance, people expect AI will lead to job loss in next 20 years & people are more likely to say AI will increase rather than decrease the gap between the rich and the poor...”
    — @lorak
    1. 1 outlet Globally, More People Expect AI to Cause Job Loss Than Growth

      first by Pew Research Center, 6d ago

    • cltr@jasette.facil.services

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      cltr@jasette.facil.servicesMastodon5d ago1▲view on Mastodon ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 8 posts in this stretch

    • I still do not understand the long term plan for profits and maintaining their existence when there are statistically not enough people to spend money in virtually every sector. And if everybody goes all in on the stock market, it'd be like when Bruce Almighty said 'yes' to every prayer and every single person who prayed to win the lottery got the…

      Appropriate_Formal64r/Economics2d agoview on r/Economics ↗
    • CNN@c.im

      # CNN # News AI companies worry about the tech harming humans in the future. But it may damage the US economy even sooner

      CNN@c.imMastodon5d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  2. 3

    Pew details demographic and gender splits in AI job fears

    Pew reports that concern among 18-34-year-olds has risen sharply in countries including Sweden, Poland, Japan, Australia, Brazil and the US, and that in 11 mostly high-income countries women are more likely than men to expect AI-driven job losses.

    • A new Pew Research survey across 37 countries found that on balance, people expect AI will lead to job loss in next 20 years & people are more likely to say AI will increase rather than decrease the gap between the rich and the poor... www.pewresearch.org/global/2026/ ...

      @lorakBluesky6d agoview on Bluesky ↗
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    Verge frames survey as global fear of AI 'destroying' jobs

    The Verge highlights that worry is highest in wealthy nations — Australia (76%), South Korea (76%) and the US (71%) — and links the findings to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's warning that AI could eliminate half of entry-level white-collar jobs.

    “A majority sees AI as a threat to human employment.”
    — The Verge
  4. 1

    Pew Research publishes 37-country AI attitudes survey

    Pew surveyed 42,151 adults across 36-37 countries from Feb. 8 to May 13, 2026, finding that in 34 of 37 countries people are more likely to believe AI will lead to job losses than job growth over the next 20 years.

    “In 34 of 37 countries Pew Research Center surveyed earlier this year, people tend to believe AI will lead to fewer jobs rather than more jobs.”
    — Pew Research Center
    1. 1 outlet A survey of 42,151 adults in 36 countries and 8,607 US adults: populations in 34 of 37 surveyed countries expect AI to cause net job loss rather than growth

      first by Pew Research Center, 6d ago

    • grebnelhok.bsky.social

      I’m lost. The AI industry is being led by people who think that AI will exterminate humanity? Why don’t they quit?

      grebnelhok.bsky.socialBluesky8d ago126▲view on Bluesky ↗

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    first by Gizmodo, 6d ago · also Search Engine Journal

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    first by Politico, 7d ago

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