# 64% of Americans Say AI Is Developing Too Fast, Poll Finds

By Riza Dagoc

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Published: 2026-10-08T14:29:36.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-08T14:29:36.000Z
Section: Regulation

> The survey found 81% want keeping AI under human control to be a top government priority, while 77% cited protecting U.S. workers.

A majority of U.S. adults believe artificial intelligence is advancing too quickly, while strong support for government oversight centers on human control and protecting workers.

A September survey found that 64% of respondents considered AI development too fast. Another 27% said the pace was appropriate, while 8% said it was too slow.

Keeping AI under human control ranked as the top government priority measured, with 81% calling it extremely or very important. Protecting U.S. workers followed at 77%.

Other priorities drew less support. 69% rated minimizing environmental harm as extremely or very important, while 63% gave that rating to growing the U.S. economy. Promoting technological innovation reached 51%, and competing with countries such as China reached 45%.

Concern about the pace of AI development crossed party lines but was higher among Democrats. 76% of Democrats said AI was developing too quickly, compared with 54% of Republicans.

Americans also expressed limited confidence in the major parties’ ability to handle AI. 39% said neither party could be trusted to manage the technology well, while 23% trusted Democrats more and 21% trusted Republicans more.

31% approved of President Donald Trump’s handling of AI. 21% said they had used or planned to use AI to find information about a candidate or ballot issue.

“You’ve got to protect kids. You’ve got to protect teens. You’ve got to protect privacy,” said Stephanie Stewart, a junior-high science teacher in Sunset, Utah.

The survey included 2,140 U.S. adults interviewed online and by telephone from Sept. 24-28 through a probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

The findings measure public priorities and confidence in political parties. They do not establish whether AI development is objectively too fast or whether specific AI systems are unsafe.