LinkedIn is kind of the bad place, but I’m on there a lot looking for work. I happened to see an informal poll asking if people would go back to a world before AI. I fully expected LinkedIn to be gushing over how great AI is, but (with an admittedly tiny sample size) it’s not so hot.
- 59% absolutely want to go back
- 14% say AI is the future
- 22% say they’re excited but concerned
- 2% are undecided, somehow.
This made me feel a little better, somehow.
“say they’re excited but concerned”
Excited but concerned about returning to a world without AI or excited but concerned with AI but want AI?
Huh. I read that choice as meaning “I am excited about heading into the future with AI, but I’m concerned it might end badly”, but on rereading the actual question I see that’s a weird answer for it.
Basically the other options are “AI good”, “AI bad”, and “I dunno”. I took the remaining option to cover either “AI both good and bad” or “AI neutral”.