> When asked to choose between whether the federal government should provide “help for American workers who lose their jobs to AI” or create “incentives for American tech companies to keep innovating so that America outcompetes the rest of the world in developing AI, even if it allows tech companies to profit while eliminating jobs in the US,” the public overwhelmingly favored workers.

This is one of the most loaded poll questions I've ever seen. Even if you're very pro worker and anti-AI, I can't see how his poll result is useful outside of generating clickbait headlines.

"When asked to choose between whether the federal government should provide “help for American workers who lose their jobs to AI” or create “incentives for American tech companies to keep innovating so that America outcompetes the rest of the world in developing AI, even if it allows tech companies to profit while eliminating jobs in the US,” the public overwhelmingly favored workers. Nearly 60% of all respondents"

What kind of biased poll is that? I'm surprised only 60% agreed with that.

“Recognize”. Not perceive, but recognize. Much Journalism.

I thought some of those polling numbers would be higher. Do people really think it serves a purpose for tech companies to hold ALL the wealth? People must have heard a bit about economics in high school and figured there was no need to think critically beyond that.

TIL that the majority of Americans believe that private businesses owe them employment. Imagine being so entitled.

  > A majority of people, 55% of all those surveyed, supported the statement “tech companies should not be able to make unlimited profits from AI and should be held financially responsible for American jobs that AI eliminates.

I'm sure the temporarily not-yet-rich-from-AI will find a way to shrug that off.

Of course this got flagged lmao

After giving this a great deal of thought, it's clear that the American electorate is completely captured. They will always vote to further the interests of corporations. This will not change until the money is removed from politics. The good news is that bad actors at the top (grifters, rent-seekers, etc) will continue to stash their ill-gotten gains into assets like stocks and real estate, so as long as you own some, you'll enjoy the fruits of their labors.