How do Americans feel about AI? Census Bureau data from June of last year shows that a little more than half of Americans have used AI tools, whether for search, work, school, or brainstorming. The data also reveals how people feel about AI regarding trust, data privacy, and career concerns. Turns out, household adoption of the technology varies by age, income, employment, race, and more.Fifty-seven percent of US adults reported that someone in their household had used AI at least once in the past two months, most often to search for information (35.1%). People also used it to brainstorm (22.9%), assist with work (20.9%), or school (11.7%). About 4.5% of respondents (equivalent to roughly 12 million people) reported that someone in their household used AI instead of hiring a person to perform a task.

Employed people reported household AI use at a rate of 66.7%, compared with 44.1% of unemployed people. Men reported household use at 61.7%, compared with 52.4% of women.   Adults 40 to 54 reported the highest household use (65.2%), narrowly ahead of 25- to 39-year-olds (62.6%). Age mattered more for how people used AI than whether they used it. Just over 36% of people ages 25 to 39 used it for brainstorming, compared with 7.4% of people 65 and older.   Only 13.8% of people whose households used AI to find information said they trusted that information. Eleven percent felt they had control over how the tools used their personal data. And 21.6% felt they had control when they were using AI at all, given how AI is now integrated into many products.   In the workplace, 13.9% said AI had already changed their field. Nearly a quarter (24.4%) were worried about the effect on their careers, though 42.3% said the tools made them more productive. See the data