> AI is polling as one of the most disliked topics in the USA right now. More hated than ICE.

I don't think your source substantiates that.

From your source:

ICE

Somewhat negative: 9%

Very negative: 47%

AI

Somewhat negative: 24%

Very negative: 22%

Pew Research highlights:

* A majority of Americans consider the risk of AI to society high, a minority consider the benefits high

* A majority are more concerned than excited about AI

* Americans feel strongly that it’s important to be able to tell if pictures, videos or text were made by AI, but are not confident in their ability to do so

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans...

It seems almost universally reviled in creative fields, and the use I mostly see from ordinary people is more along the lines of natural language searches with Gemini.

AI fans are a bubble within the bubble of technology enthusiasts. It's hardly even universally liked among software engineers.

People hate the concept of AI taking their jobs and the top-down implementation of it at many companies. People love chatbots.

And how much of this is due to the sloppers/grifters/conmen who hopped on to the AI train (same thing which happened to crypto?)

I feel like that is what the hate needs to be directed towards. Same thing with crypto. There is fundamentally nothing wrong with the technology itself. It’s that we are letting these scammers become the face of it