America’s disgust with AI – and the extreme concentration of wealth with which it is inextricably linked – continues to grow as the November midterm elections approach.
According to a survey carried out by the The Wall Street Journala staggering 63% of adults in the United States now support a pause on AI. 57% of respondents believe the U.S. government should regulate AI “immediately,” while 12% of respondents say they trust AI companies to “take the lead” and self-regulate.
Of course, any discussion of AI must contend with the obscene wealth that underpins the technology, both literally in the form of capital deployed to build data centers, and in the personal fortunes of the tech executives rushing AI to market. Perhaps unsurprisingly, voters are keenly aware of this connection, demonstrating an overwhelming preference for control of the nation’s billionaires, who collectively own more wealth than 57 percent of American households.
Another section of WSJ A survey of a total of 1,500 registered voters in late September found that policy ideas that prioritize the collective working class over a handful of billionaires enjoy enormous support among Democratic, Republican and independent voters.
A law banning surprise medical bills, for example, has the support of 90 percent of respondents, while a new federal wealth tax on Americans whose net worth exceeds $1 billion has the support of 61 percent of participants. Legislation requiring health insurance companies to cover all doctor-prescribed services and medications has 88 percent support, and 87 percent want to cap the maximum price of prescription drugs. Another 79 percent favor limiting credit card interest rates to 10 percent.
“We like to think of the world as conservative and liberal,” said Democratic pollster John Anzalone. WSJ. “Perhaps we should start looking at the world like this: populism is a dominant ideology in both Democratic and Republican voting blocs.”
None of these legislative proposals is likely, on its own, to reverse the situation of the American working class. But given the overwhelming support of the vast majority of voters, it is clear that the average citizen is suffering in ways that are increasingly difficult to separate from the immense wealth accumulated by the tech elite.
That said, there is a simple explanation for the explosive poll results: Our ideas are shaped by our material reality, which for American workers has become increasingly burdensome in so many ways it’s impossible to keep track of. As Anzalone says, “When you feel like you can’t buy a house or you can’t get ahead, all of a sudden you’ll be attracted to policies you never thought you could be attracted to.” »
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