popsci.com/health/top-10-fears-2026-artificial-intelligence For the first time, artificial intelligence is a top 10 fear in the U.S.
AI now shows up twice among Americans' top 10 fears in Chapman University's annual survey, with 51.9 percent worried about AI harming the political process and 49.7 percent about its effect on the economy. With a 3.79-point margin of error, the third-through-tenth rankings amount to a tossup.
— via Popular Science, Andrew Paul
