{"id":216417,"date":"2026-05-19T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/british-public-deeply-fearful-of-ai-with-one-in-five-even-thinking-it-will-lead-to-civil-unrest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:35:09","slug":"british-public-deeply-fearful-of-ai-with-one-in-five-even-thinking-it-will-lead-to-civil-unrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/british-public-deeply-fearful-of-ai-with-one-in-five-even-thinking-it-will-lead-to-civil-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"British public deeply fearful of AI \u2013 with one-in-five even thinking it will lead to civil unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/british-public-deeply-fearful-of-ai-with-one-in-five-even-thinking-it-will-lead-to-civil-unrest\">British public deeply fearful of AI \u2013 with one-in-five even thinking it will lead to civil unrest<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.itpro.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/british-public-deeply-fearful-of-ai-with-one-in-five-even-thinking-it-will-lead-to-civil-unrest\">https:\/\/www.itpro.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/british-public-deeply-fearful-of-ai-with-one-in-five-even-thinking-it-will-lead-to-civil-unrest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-19 09:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.itpro.com\">www.itpro.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A significant portion of the British public is deeply concerned about AI, including fears of civil unrest, economic impacts, and job losses.<\/li>\n<li>Seventy percent of people are worried about the economic consequences of AI, and six out of ten believe AI will eliminate more jobs than it creates.<\/li>\n<li>There is a notable gender disparity in perceptions, with women less likely to view AI positively than men.<\/li>\n<li>Students at university express more optimism about AI&#8217;s impact on humanity and the country compared to the general public.<\/li>\n<li>Widespread unemployment and the impact on entry-level jobs, especially for young people, are major concerns.<\/li>\n<li>The public strongly supports government intervention in the form of regulations for AI companies and retraining programs for displaced workers.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a call for the education system to better prepare young people for an AI-driven future.<\/li>\n<li>Experts highlight the possibility of a positive future with proper training, policies, and support, despite current fears.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British public deeply fearful of AI \u2013 with one-in-five even thinking it will lead to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":216418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ZgD62SYPvrCzZZCaK5frhC-1920-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216417"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216419,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216417\/revisions\/216419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}