In 34 of 37 countries, more people expect AI to lead to fewer jobs than to more jobs.
Pew Research Center, 17 Sep 2026, 42,151 respondents, fieldwork 8 Feb to 13 May 2026Measured public attention
Will AI take my job?
10 measured threads · about 7,000 points · measured 11 October 2026
What happened
The widest public concern worldwide, by survey.
The supplied measurement groups 10 threads with about 7,000 points and 5,537 comments. These totals measure attention, not whether the linked claims are true.
In 34 of 37 countries, more people expect AI to lead to fewer jobs than to more jobs.
Complete assigned timeline
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I'm not worried about AI job loss
Published evidence
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Method
Attention is measured, not guessed: every Hacker News story from 1 Jan 2026 with more than 300 points and an AI subject (631 stories), read through the public search interface on 11 Oct 2026, grouped by the question behind the story. Survey figures come from published polls with four-digit samples and are linked.