Psychology suggests that people who fear AI are often not only afraid of the technology itself — they’re afraid of what it threatens to erase: the status, competence, identity, and sense of usefulness they spent years building.
In late 2024, the Pew Research Center surveyed more than 5,000 employed Americans and found that 52 per cent were worried about how AI might be used in their workplace. Roughly a third expected fewer job opportunities for themselves over the long run. Worry, in that data, clearly…