About eight in ten employees had strong concern about at least one AI angst item. For example, 65% of people agreed that they “worry about being replaced by someone who knows how to use AI better than I do,” 61% worry “AI might make others think I don’t bring unique value,” 60% worry “that using AI to help with my work will make colleagues question my personal competency,” 54% feel AI is impacting the way they connect with others at work, and 44% feel it’s “making them dumber.” One in three employees had an average score of four or greater across the AI angst composite score.
Overall, we found that approximately 86% of people felt AI will make work at least a little better with 14% feeling AI will have a neutral or negative impact on the experience of work.
