Polling: AI isn't immune from the diploma divide
Americans with a college degree are more likely to say they’re already seeing people saving time because of AI (57%) than those with a high-school degree or less (39%). Americans with a college degree are more likely to believe AI will lead to scientific or medical breakthroughs (74%) than people with a high-school degree or less (58%). Americans with a college degree are more likely to say AI is already behaving in ways their developers didn’t intend (36%), compared to people with a high-school degree or less (24%).
- ▪Americans with a college degree are more likely to say they’re already seeing people saving time because of AI (57%) than those with a high-school degree or less (39%).
- ▪Americans with a college degree are more likely to believe AI will lead to scientific or medical breakthroughs (74%) than people with a high-school degree or less (58%).
- ▪Americans with a college degree are more likely to say AI is already behaving in ways their developers didn’t intend (36%), compared to people with a high-school degree or less (24%).
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| Publication time | Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:38:36 +0000 |
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AI isn't immune from the diploma divideAmericans with and without college degrees split on AI harms and interventionsJul 20, 202622ShareWhile concern about AI is high across the board—66% in our latest survey—the ways that people see the technology impacting their lives, both good and bad, depends on their level of education.Based on pooled data from Americans on AI surveys conducted June 25-30 and July 9-13, we’ve found that people with a college degree are more likely than those without to say that AI is negatively impacting jobs and kids, while those with a high school degree or less are relatively more likely to say that AI is negatively impacting household finances.This division of issues along educational lines, often referred to as education polarization, or the diploma divide, has…
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