Young People Hate AI CEOs So Much They're More Unpopular Than Data Centers
Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It's Almost Hard to Believe
A new CNBC poll of Americans aged 18 to 34 reveals that the vast majority distrust nine prominent AI executives, including Alex Karp, Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Sam Altman. Even data centers and AI itself score better than these tech leaders. The findings reflect a decade-long shift in sentiment driven by privacy concerns, platform decay, and fears about democracy.
Asked “who do you trust to act responsibly on AI?” the vast majority of participants said they “don’t trust” any of the nine figures.
- RivieraKid
I'm not that young anymore but when I hear Dario Amodei speak and gesticulate enthusiastically about how AI will soon make my job redundant, from a positio of someone who can retire now and who benefits from AI possibly replacing workers, it's very hard to like him.
- 59nadir
How oblivious are people to the world that they think this is somehow strange or hard to believe? Why would they like any of the tech CEOs, or CEOs in general?
It's hard to see why basically anyone would at this point.
- shirro
I heard my 12yo uses "AI" as a synonym for crap in a context which had nothing to do with machine learning. There is a pronounced and growing disconnect between the fervently pro-AI messaging on platforms like HN and regular people. Anti-AI sentiment goes deep and has momentum. A few billion dollars of marketing and influencer spend isn't going to turn it around. When the bubble deflates as most people feel it must I think it will only reinforce the negativity.
- kj4211cash
I wonder how much of this is caused by income inequality. There are some young people I talk to that are genuinely worried about whether AI will take all the jobs. But there are a lot more that rightfully realize that they probably can't afford the middle class life their parents had and are annoyed at all the money AI is hoovering up and how rich these CEOs are. And that's the surface level. There's all sorts of resentment that hasn't really been thought through and wouldn't exist if we had the sort of real growth in lower- and middle-class incomes that we used to.
- jefurii
What's so surprising? The AI CEOs hate them and are trying to destroy the world they live in along with their job prospects.
- newsomix9xl
Blaming a tough job market on AI, and claiming AI pivots are the reasons for layoffs, while claiming AI can destroy humanity.
Who could have seen this coming?
- piskov
“Hate” for “Don’t trust” seems like a pure clickbait material
- ggoo
The young people are probably on to something. They are the future after all.