Are Americans worried about AI taking their jobs?

As artificial intelligence advances rapidly, how are Americans’ attitudes about it changing? Are they becoming more concerned about automation, or less?

Answering these questions is harder than it might seem. Long-run, comparable opinion data on AI is rare. Most surveys only provide a snapshot at a single point in time, making it hard to track meaningful changes in public sentiment.

Two recurring surveys from YouGov, a UK-based polling and market research firm, are among the few sources that let us study these trends over time.

One survey, shown in the chart here, asks working American adults how worried they are about their jobs being automated.

The other asks Americans whether robots will ever surpass human intelligence.

I recently updated both charts with the latest releases from YouGov. Both surveys are updated twice a year, with the next release expected around mid-2026.