U.S.: opinions on artificial intelligence's impact on life by age 2022

During a 2022 survey conducted in the United States, it was found that 26 percent of respondents thought that artificial intelligence will not make their lives either easier or harder. Moreover, 31 percent of respondents aged between 30 and 44 years stated that AI will make their lives much easier.

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the ability of a computer or machine to mimic the competencies of the human mind, learning from previous experiences to understand and respond to language, decisions, and problems. Particularly, a large amount of data is often used to train AI into developing algorithms and skills. The AI ecosystem consists of machine learning (ML), robotics, artificial neural networks, and natural language processing (NLP). Nowadays, tech and telecom, financial services, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries are prominent for AI adoption in companies.

AI companies and startups

More and more companies and startups are engaging in the artificial intelligence market, which is forecast to grow rapidly in the coming years. Examples of big tech firms are IBM, Microsoft, Baidu, and Tencent, with the last owning the highest number of AI and ML patent families, amounting to over nine thousand. Moreover, driven by the excitement for this new technology and by the large investments in it, the number of startups involved in the industry around the world has grown in recent years. For instance, in the United States, the New York company UiPath was the top-funded AI startup.

Do you think artificial intelligence is making Americans' life easier or harder?

Characteristic	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-64 years old	65+ years old	Total
Much easier	22%	31%	6%	5%	16%
Somewhat easier	27%	26%	21%	19%	23%
Neither easier nor harder	24%	18%	29%	33%	26%
Somewhat harder	7%	6%	5%	4%	6%
Much harder	4%	3%	5%	2%	4%
Not sure	17%	17%	33%	36%	26%