Artificial intelligence technology is becoming increasingly comprehensive to everyday life, with an Elon University survey that discovers that 52% of American adults have used large -language models such as Chatgpt, Gemini, Claude and Copilot.
The survey, conducted in January by imagining the future digital center of the University of North Carolina, found that 34% of their 500 respondents who had used AI said they use large language models (LLM) at least once a day. The most popular was the chatgpt, with 72% of the respondents who reported that they have used it. Google Gemini was second, 50%.
It has become increasingly common that people are developing personal relationships with ia chatbots. The survey found that 38% of users said they believe that LLM “will form deep relationships with humans”, and more than half informed having spoken conversations with chatbots. About 9% of users said that the main objective for those who use models are “social types of meetings such as informal conversation and company.” Respondents discovered that the models can express a variety of personality traits, which include trust, curiosity and even senses of humor.
“These findings begin to establish a baseline for the way in which humans and AI systems will evolve together in the coming years,” said Lee Rainie, director of The Imaging the Digital Future Center, A NBC News in a statement. “These tools are increasingly integrating into daily life quite intimately at the level of emotion and impact. It is clearly emerging as the history of another chapter in human history. “
That is consistent with a general trend that found that 51% of respondents use LLM for personal efforts, instead of work -related activities.
When it comes to using the models for labor purposes, respondents reported that they used them with work -related applications such as Slack, PowerPoint and Zoom. They have also used models to do things such as writing emails, investigating ideas and summarizing documents. More than 50% of respondents said the models have helped them improve their productivity.
Many respondents reported having anxiety about technology. The sixty -three percent thought that models could replace a significant amount of human communication, and 59% thought they could cause a significant number of job losses.
AI technology is becoming more popular since the administration of President Donald Trump has promoted the greatest investment in AI technology.
In January, Trump announced a joint company between Openai (the company that developed chatgpt), Oracle and Softbank. The executives of the AI companies promised to invest $ 100 billion in the initiative in advance and up to $ 500 billion in the next four years. Trump also signed an executive order on AI a few days after he entered the position.
When it comes to politics, the survey found that LLM Republican users are more likely than Democrats to use models to search for news and political information. Thirty -four percent of respondents reported that they used them to obtain news or political information.
Vice President JD Vance has been particularly open about bias in AI, telling world leaders at an AI summit in Paris that “the Trump administration will ensure that the systems of AI developed in the United States are free of ideological biases and never restrict the right of our citizens to freedom of expression.” The survey found, however, that 49% of users believe that the creators of the LLM should be responsible for limiting bias in LLM’s responses instead of government officials and legislators.
As schools have also been in Limbo trying to find the best way to address the use of AI technology in classrooms, the survey found that 36% of respondents use models for school work or task. The survey also found that 77% of LLM users are between 18 and 29 years old. Households with children under 18 were also more likely to use LLM, compared to those who do not.
