US Public Record poll: AI sparks job-loss fears, health hopes, and low trust in AI firms
A new Anthropic survey, dubbed the “Public Record,” finds Americans hold highly mixed views on AI. The poll interviewed nearly 52,000 people in late 2025.
The biggest fear is job displacement: 64% of respondents said they worry AI will drive job cuts. This concern is consistent across political parties, education levels, and states, and is especially high among more educated workers whose jobs overlap more with AI tasks.
On the positive side, nearly half of Americans want AI to help cure disease, with cancer and Alzheimer’s among the top wishes (nearly 50%). Helping people with disabilities ranks next (36%). Hopes that AI could replace human connection—such as therapy or reducing loneliness—were the least supported in the options presented.
Trust in the tech sector is also low. Only 15% of Americans say they trust AI companies to decide how AI is developed and used—lower than trust in government and far below trust in independent experts (43%).
Support for government regulation is broad and bipartisan: over 70% want oversight, particularly around privacy, child safety, and corporate liability for harm. Anthropic says it plans to repeat and expand the survey beyond the US.
Keywords: AI survey, job cuts, tech sector trust, government regulation, fiscal impact.
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This is a social/policy sentiment poll about AI—Americans fear job cuts (64%) while hoping for AI-driven healthcare breakthroughs, and they show low trust in AI companies (15%) alongside strong support for government oversight (>70%). It doesn’t directly reference crypto networks, crypto regulation, token issuance, or any specific blockchain catalysts.
For crypto trading, the main linkage is indirect: tighter AI-related regulation or industry skepticism could influence broader tech-sector sentiment and risk appetite, which can spill over into markets that trade as “high-beta” assets. However, without concrete policy actions, timelines, or company-specific financial impacts, the effect on BTC/ETH demand and liquidity is likely limited.
In the short term, traders may treat it as a backdrop for risk sentiment (mild, if any). In the long term, if similar polling leads to more regulation around privacy, child safety, and corporate liability, that could affect AI-capex narratives more than crypto fundamentals. Historically, broad technology sentiment surveys tend to move crypto only when they coincide with actual regulatory drafts, enforcement, or major earnings/price catalysts—none are present here.