Robots & Artificial IntelligenceThe Average Person Is Far More Scared of AI Than Excited by It, Studies Find Posted on August 23, 2025 by Administrator AI is dominating the economy and at the top of policy agendas. Ads for it are everywhere. Your favorite artist is probably experimenting with it. And as hundreds of billions of dollars get poured into the tech, it can feel like the whole world is holding its breath for when it somehow becomes superintelligent and magically ushers us into a utopic age. The optimism is breathless and inescapable.