{"id":218364,"date":"2026-05-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/how-do-people-really-feel-about-artificial-intelligence-deseret-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T04:00:16","slug":"how-do-people-really-feel-about-artificial-intelligence-deseret-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/how-do-people-really-feel-about-artificial-intelligence-deseret-news\/","title":{"rendered":"How do people really feel about artificial intelligence? \u2013 Deseret News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/business\/2026\/05\/21\/utah-data-centers-kevin-oleary-artificial-intelligence-ai-deseret-news-poll\/\">How do people really feel about artificial intelligence? \u2013 Deseret News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/business\/2026\/05\/21\/utah-data-centers-kevin-oleary-artificial-intelligence-ai-deseret-news-poll\/\">https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/business\/2026\/05\/21\/utah-data-centers-kevin-oleary-artificial-intelligence-ai-deseret-news-poll\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-21 23:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.deseret.com\">www.deseret.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mixed Sentiments on AI<\/strong>: A Deseret News and University of Utah\u2019s Hinckley Institute of Politics poll revealed that Utahns have nearly equal positive and negative feelings about AI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>AI Usage Among Utahns<\/strong>: A third of working Utahns are reported to be using AI in task execution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Demographic Factors<\/strong>: Political affiliation, age, income, and gender significantly influence residents&#8217; sentiments toward AI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Controversy Around Data Centers<\/strong>: There&#8217;s significant public pushback against a huge Canadian development project, mainly due to concerns about resource use and environmental impact.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Disconnect Between AI and Data Centers<\/strong>: While there are significant reservations about the environmental and economic impacts of data centers, sentiments towards AI itself are more mixed but generally closer to neutral.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Concerns About AI Uses<\/strong>: Significant concerns about AI&#8217;s impact on employment, news sources, and education are prevalent among those who feel negatively about AI.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Excitement About AI Applications<\/strong>: Respondents with positive feelings towards AI showed most enthusiasm for its use in medical research, economic improvement, and arts\/entertainment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Global Perspective<\/strong>: International surveys including Pew Research show varying levels of global concern about AI, with slightly more negative sentiments globally compared to Utah specifically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do people really feel about artificial intelligence? 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