There’s One Clear Reason Why Americans Are Gloomy About A.I.

Mr. Kedrosky is a venture capitalist who writes about the economy.

Hating artificial intelligence may be the only thing about which Americans agree. But they are global outliers in their pessimism. A survey of 24,000 adults across 30 countries found that citizens of nearly all of those countries, rich or poor, see A.I. more favorably than Americans do. This is startling for citizens of a wealthy, advanced economy who are usually enthusiastic tech adopters of anything with a wall charger.

The technology industry says American nervousness is wrongheaded.........

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