{"id":274719,"date":"2025-09-17T09:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&p=274719"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:55:48","slug":"from-political-speeches-to-songs-how-would-americans-react-if-they-found-out-ai-was-involved","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/09\/17\/from-political-speeches-to-songs-how-would-americans-react-if-they-found-out-ai-was-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"From political speeches to songs, how would Americans react if they found out AI was involved?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Artificial intelligence is now embedded in society<\/a> in ways that many people aren\u2019t aware of<\/a>, and most Americans don\u2019t have much confidence in their ability to detect AI-produced content<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a new survey, Pew Research Center asked U.S. adults how they would react to seven hypothetical scenarios where they learned \u2013 after the fact \u2013 that AI was involved in tasks traditionally handled by humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey asked about the use of AI in scenarios ranging from political speeches to news articles to paintings and songs. We asked respondents whether finding out later that AI was used in each scenario would make them feel more positive, more negative or not change their views about the interaction. In the case of AI-generated paintings, for example, we asked the following question:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imagine you see a painting you really like. Later, you find out the painting was made by artificial intelligence. Would finding out that the painting was made by artificial intelligence make you like the painting more, like the painting less or not change your views?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responses to all seven scenarios lean more negative than positive. But many Americans don\u2019t express an opinion in either direction, with sizable shares saying their view would not change if they learned that AI was used in various settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/summary>\n

Pew Research Center conducted this analysis as part of a larger study that looked at Americans\u2019 views of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on people society. We surveyed 5,023 U.S. adults from June 9 to 15, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone who took part in the survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection. Interviews were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. Read more about the ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the questions used for this analysis<\/a>, the topline<\/a> and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Americans are more critical of certain AI uses than others<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Americans had the most negative reaction to a scenario where they learned that a political candidate had used AI to help write a speech they liked. In this hypothetical situation, 71% of adults say they would like the candidate less, 3% say they would like the candidate more and 25% say their view of the candidate would not change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than half of Americans (56%) would also react negatively if they learned that AI was used to write a news article they felt informed by, while 7% would like the article more and 36% say it would not change their views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two findings align with previous Center research showing that Americans generally take a dim view of AI in politics and journalism<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to the use of AI in the arts, the public\u2019s attitudes are more mixed:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n