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

During a 2022 survey conducted in the United States, it was found that 18 percent of respondents thought that artificial intelligence will lead to there being many fewer jobs. By contrast, 25 percent of respondents aged between 30 and 44 years stated that AI will create many more jobs.

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 Americans think artificial intelligence will lead to there being more jobs for people or fewer jobs?

Characteristic	18-29 years old	30-44 years old	45-64 years old	65+ years old	Total
Many more jobs	17%	25%	3%	3%	12%
Somewhat more jobs	19%	20%	8%	8%	13%
Neither more nor fewer jobs	24%	18%	14%	17%	18%
Somewhat fewer jobs	16%	12%	23%	26%	19%
Many fewer jobs	9%	9%	29%	19%	18%
Not sure	15%	16%	23%	27%	20%