<![CDATA["The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27.]]>"The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27.

Young adultsโ€™ excitement about artificial intelligence dropped, too, and nearly a third of respondents indicated that the technology made them feel angry."

That's rough.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/style/gen-z-ai-gallup-study.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZlA.wN1w.cqoDFMOIp-qT&smid=url-share

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c854c571-8070-477a-9516-c3504fac6216/the-percentage-of-respondents-ages-14-to-29-who-said-they-felt-hopeful-about-a.i.-declined-sharply-since-last-year-down-to-18-percent-from-27.RSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 06:57:15 GMTThu, 09 Apr 2026 23:14:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:31:59 GMT]]>@shannonkay @stefan smart kids!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/patrickhadfield/statuses/116378771089120132https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/patrickhadfield/statuses/116378771089120132Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:31:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:19:06 GMT]]>@stefan Noting that this article was written by a style reporter (!)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/janet/statuses/116378720438075811https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/janet/statuses/116378720438075811Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:19:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:04:29 GMT]]>@stefan
My company pushed me to use A.I. but after some months of testing and usage... I have the feeling
* it is great for my dyslexia
* It pushed us to adopt a good mental process when drafting new ideas

But
* It is becoming the excuse to avoid new hiring
* My working days started to seems my lonely fight against the problems

So I understand and fully agree ๐Ÿ™‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/stethewwolf/statuses/116378662972085019https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/stethewwolf/statuses/116378662972085019Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:04:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:03:41 GMT]]>@shannonkay @stefan reverse classroom in all its beauty

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/po3mah/statuses/116378659822868270https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/po3mah/statuses/116378659822868270Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:03:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:48:19 GMT]]>@shannonkay @stefan i suddenly feel like whooping and punching the air. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/jbenjamint/statuses/116378599359872041https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/jbenjamint/statuses/116378599359872041Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:48:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:49:46 GMT]]>@stefan does this correlate to crackdowns on porn deepfake generation?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.unwi.re/ap/users/115637003872401174/statuses/116378369163983561https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.unwi.re/ap/users/115637003872401174/statuses/116378369163983561Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:49:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:48:48 GMT]]>@tsturm You'd think so!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116378365392836641https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116378365392836641Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:48:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:43:57 GMT]]>@stefan Feels like a bad sign for an industry that has amassed a trillion dollars of debt based on future earnings.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116378346290956350https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://famichiki.jp/users/tsturm/statuses/116378346290956350Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:43:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:19:14 GMT]]>@stefan Sweet!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116378013185796606https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115494710698880506/statuses/116378013185796606Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:19:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:16:54 GMT]]>@nazokiyoubinbou @stefan and now, it's fallen before the approval rate of the US Congress, which is an honestly amazing feat

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cutie.city/users/OctaviaConAmore/statuses/116378004003382457https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cutie.city/users/OctaviaConAmore/statuses/116378004003382457Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:16:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:34:02 GMT]]>@nazokiyoubinbou Yeah, this is very much in line with several other studies.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/on-generative-ai/#consumer-sentiment

"AI"/LLMs as a "brand" is toast. Just completely toxic.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116377835416768226https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116377835416768226Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:34:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:32:23 GMT]]>@stefan I feel like the fact that even the "more hopeful" time was 29%, which is less than even one third kind of says a lot... The fact that it's now less than a fifth speaks volumes though...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116377828951118081https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116377828951118081Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:32:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:21:37 GMT]]>@shannonkay @stefan Kids know whatโ€™s up - they can smell a dumpster filled with shit and set aflame before most others!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bida.im/users/desantis/statuses/116377550667545775https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bida.im/users/desantis/statuses/116377550667545775Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:21:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:05:26 GMT]]>@shannonkay Kids, as the saying goes, are alright!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116377487033490427https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stefanbohacek.online/users/stefan/statuses/116377487033490427Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:05:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "The percentage of respondents ages 14 to 29 who said they felt hopeful about A.I. declined sharply since last year, down to 18 percent from 27. on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:59:57 GMT]]>@stefan My teenage daughter told me recently that when her teacher tries to click an "AI summary" of something, her whole class yells at the teacher not to do it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/shannonkay/statuses/116377465484037364https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/shannonkay/statuses/116377465484037364Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:59:57 GMT