(Washington Stand) Americans are worried about artificial intelligence, and most believe their government is not doing enough about the technology’s risks.
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll released October 7 found that 57% of registered voters say the Trump administration has not taken AI risks seriously enough, and 54% say the same of Congress. Bipartisan majorities, 80% of Democrats and 61% of Republicans, want stricter regulation. Eighty-four percent see AI as a threat to American workers, 62% fear the technology could slip out of control and endanger humanity’s future, and 57% oppose letting AI select military strike targets.
Those numbers suggest that Americans see a government standing still while technology races ahead. The picture is incomplete. The Trump administration is building an AI governance system; it simply rejects the heavy regulatory model many Americans expect