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Multiple readings Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions Multiple readings Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia Building & implementation · 2 attributable reactions
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Developing Culture, work & education Research 1d ago
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Pew Research Americans AI views 2026

Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact

6 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Social Media Lab
“"More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing tilt negative – even for younger adults" www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...” evidence ↗
6 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Luke Stark Colin Amanda Tepski Social Media Lab Emily Hunt Jake Laperruque
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Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“~50% of people (in the US) use LLMs regularly, and this has only been increasing more over time. These products are already somewhat ingrained in society, and informing people about the risks and issues with tools that they are attached to does not work if …”

Opportunity & adoption

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New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“"More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing tilt negative – even for younger adults" www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...”

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Developing AI field signal Development 1d ago
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open letter AI academia adoption

Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia

4 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Opportunity & adoption reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Olivia Guest
“Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their na…” evidence ↗
4 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Luke Stark Joshua Grochow
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Building & implementation

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How teams are shipping and applying it.

“"The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before." openletter.earth/open-letter-... @olivia.science”

Opportunity & adoption

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New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia It's been a year & people tell me they've changed their mind, feel safer now to sign, etc. So I'm sharing it again for them. We're almost at 2k & anybody from anywhere can add their na…”

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Iris van Rooij: I am responsible for the academic skills line in our AI programme and I think part of the 26/27 curriculum needs to be to help students understand that all those “AI assistants” that publishers and…
Iris van Rooij: Sadly, we need to teach students now that, in contrast to computers >3 years ago, the current software is actively designed to offer them slop, desinformation, and deskilling. >>
Iris van Rooij: As if learning academic skills was not hard enough, it is now made actively harder by all the bloated “clippies”. Students need to learn and understand that part of growing to be an academic in the…
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