> But most people haven't got a clue when they are using AI or aren't using AI and can't articulate what it is and are perpetually confused about anything techn

> But most people haven't got a clue when they are using AI or aren't using AI and can't articulate what it is and are perpetually confused about anything technical. But you said... > Phrasing like this is typical for people who want to persuade others that their opinions are somehow widely shared. It's a cheap rhetorical trick. Populists use this all the time. That doesn't make it any more true. Is it only a problem when someone you disagree with does it, then? "Most people haven't got a clue" is also something populists say, I think you will find. I tend not to write off whole swathes of people as non-technical. There's no such simple thing as a non-technical person, and people can like or dislike stuff without having a deep understanding of how it works. Generative AI is pretty widely distrusted and reviled; we know the damage it is going to do to trust and culture. It is poisoning the well of AI development. Studies like this shouldn't be a surprise.