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A majority of U.S. adults say artificial intelligence is developing too fast, and roughly eight in ten want the government to prioritize keeping AI under human control and protecting workers. The AP-NORC poll also finds limited confidence in either major party to handle AI.
Is AI developing too fast?
Yes, according to the AP-NORC poll: 64% of U.S. adults said AI is moving too fast. Another 27% said the pace is about right, while 8% said it is too slow. These figures are from the poll as reported by the Associated Press.
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What do Americans want government to prioritize?
About eight in ten respondents said it was extremely or very important for the government to keep AI under human control and protect the workforce. The poll summary also says most respondents want government to minimize environmental harm and grow the economy. About half rated promoting innovation as highly important, and slightly fewer did so for competing with China. The article does not give exact percentages for these priorities, so the approximate descriptions should not be read as precise estimates.
Where do views differ by party and age?
Democrats and Republicans
About three-quarters of Democrats said AI is developing too fast, compared with about half of Republicans. The groups largely agree on protecting workers and keeping AI under human control. Democrats are more likely to emphasize limiting environmental harm; Republicans are more likely to emphasize economic growth and competition with China.
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On trust, about half of each party’s identifiers said their own party is better equipped to handle AI, while roughly three in ten in each group said neither party is. The poll summary does not provide exact subgroup percentages for these comparisons.
Age
Adults under 30 expressed greater concern about AI’s pace than adults 60 and older. The article does not report exact percentages for either age group.
How much confidence do people have in political leadership?
About four in ten respondents said they trust neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party on AI. A smaller group trusted both parties equally, while the remaining respondents were divided between the parties; exact figures for those categories are not provided in the article. Separately, 67% disapproved of President Donald Trump’s handling of AI.
What the poll can—and cannot—tell us
AP-NORC interviewed 2,140 adults from September 24–28, 2026, using NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to represent the U.S. population. The reported margin of sampling error for adults overall is ±2.9 percentage points. That margin describes sampling uncertainty for the overall results; the news summary does not provide subgroup sample sizes or subgroup margins.
The figures are a snapshot of opinion at the time of fieldwork, not a measure of how views have changed over time or a forecast of future policy. The AP report is a news summary rather than the full questionnaire, data tables, or technical report. It does not provide exact wording for every question or detailed weighting information, so the results should be attributed to the AP-NORC poll as reported by the Associated Press.
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The AP story also includes comments from people describing concerns about regulation, privacy, children, and job displacement. For example, truck driver Ron Theusch pictured self-driving trucks running continuously on I-35. Such comments illustrate how individuals understand AI’s possible effects; they are not poll estimates, expert assessments, or evidence of how common any one concern is.
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