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They're different, but average people dislike both of them.
by fwip 4mo ago
They're different, but average people dislike both of them.
- aurareturn 4mo agoThe average person uses ChatGPT daily. This average person hates how their toaster, washing machine, pencil, eraser now all have "AI capabilities".
- fwip 4mo agoThese stats are from last year, but in 2025, two-thirds of adult Americans had never used ChatGPT: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-adults-have-used-chatgpt-about-double-the-share-in-2023/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/25/34-of-us-... Another stat I've heard, but can't cite at the moment, is that only 7% of Americans use ChatGPT daily - I think it is likely a bit older than 2025, though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's closer to 10 or 20% now. Everybody lives in their own bubble, and it can be easy to believe that you're in-touch with the public-at-large. That's why you gotta fact-check this stuff.
- aurareturn 4mo agoThat includes a 58% majority of adults under 30. has roughly doubled since summer 2023. There are old people who might never use it. That said, my 70 year old parents use it sometimes. My bubble is working adults, which is likely more represented by the 58% under 30 figure. However, this was a year ago. I'm guessing adoption has accelerated even more in a year. It wouldn't surprise me if it's 50% overall by now and 70-80% of adults under 30. So these facts don't actually dispel my intuition.
- fwip 4mo agoLooks like you're wrong about 2026 as well: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/ https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-an... It's still a minority of adults who use chatbots, let alone are daily users. It took me approximately 2 minutes to look this up.
- aurareturn 4mo agoAbout half of U.S. adults now use AI chatbots, up from a third in 2024 Looks like I'm right? Or are you hung up on the 1%?
- fwip 4mo agoYour initial claim was the average american uses it daily.
- aurareturn 4mo agoI should have defined it as the average professional worker. That said, I'm surprised that I'm not too far off. I'd bet if they include all LLM usage such as Google search summaries, it's close to daily.