Just 4% of young Americans say they use generative artificial intelligence (AI) almost daily or every day, according to a new report on people ages 14 to 22 released Monday.
The report includes the results of a NORC survey, conducted for Hopelab and Common Sense Media from October 4 to November. The date of January 14, 2023 shows that 51% of young Americans say they have used AI at some point in their lives, while 41% say they have never used AI tools and 8% say they don’t know what AI tools are.
Among about half of those who have used AI at some point, 4% use it most often, 11% say they use AI once or twice a week, 12% say once or twice a month, 7% say once or twice a year and 17% say once or twice.
Among those who say they have already used AI, 53% say they do it to obtain information, 51% say it is to discuss ideas, 46% say it is to help with schoolwork, 31% say it is to take photos or images, 17% to help. in their work, 16% to create sounds or music, 15% to write code and 8% say it is for something else.
Among those who have not used generative AI tools, 34% say they don’t think AI “would be useful to me,” 24% say it is because AI is associated with cheating or stealing others’ work, 23% say it is because they don’t know how, 22% say they are concerned about privacy and information sharing, 20% say they didn’t know AI tools existed, 17% say they have heard AI tools are inaccurate or biased, 13 % say they don’t think it would be fun to use AI, 10% say they don’t have access to AI tools, and 8% give another reason.
The research comes as AI tools have exploded in recent years and begun to reshape the education and employment landscape. Schools have had to adapt their curricula to take into account the widespread and easy access of AI tools, while workers have also had to adapt in the face of concerns about being replaced.
The survey was carried out among 1,274 young people and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5.9 percentage points.
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