More than half of Americans now view AI negatively | SpinGraph: Strategic ambiguity
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keywords: public_sentiment
keywords: AI_perception
keywords: polling_data
keywords: The Fog
keywords: narrative intelligence
published: 2026-08-19T15:25:24+00:00
modified: 2026-08-20T01:27:43.280068+00:00

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More than half of Americans now view AI negatively - The Register
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description: SpinGraph analysis of The Register AI / Software's More than half of Americans now view AI negatively story: strategic ambiguity, The Fog, Spin Score 60%, mode…
date published: 2026-08-19T15:25:24+00:00
date modified: 2026-08-20T01:27:43.280068+00:00
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article section: ai
keywords: public_sentiment, AI_perception, polling_data
author: The Register AI / Software via Google News
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about: AI_perception
about: polling_data
mentions: The Register AI / Software
abstract: 52% of U.S. adults report a negative view of AI, per unnamed polling data cited by The Register. This marks the first time a majority has expressed net-negative sentiment toward AI in such surveys. The finding contradicts dominant tech-media narratives emphasizing enthusiasm, adoption, and inevitability.

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Spin Analysis: strategic ambiguity
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description: Emphasizes the headline figure (52%) while minimizing all conditions required to assess its validity, comparability, or trend significance.
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  description: Neutral news alert — positioning the outlet as a conduit for an urgent, self-evident cultural inflection point.
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  value: 60
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  value: Over half of Americans now view AI negatively.
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  value: Neutral news alert — positioning the outlet as a conduit for an urgent, self-evident cultural inflection point.
additional property: Missing Context
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  value: Polling methodology; Historical baseline for comparison; Demographic breakdowns (age, education, partisan affiliation)
additional property: How the Spin Works
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  value: The framing combines the authority signal of a named tech publication ('The Register') with the emotional resonance of a simple majority threshold ('more than half'), creating an impression of objectivity and urgency — while the complete absence of methodological detail means the claim cannot be validated, compared, or meaningfully debated, allowing the narrative of 'rising backlash' to circulate unchallenged.
author: Stuff That Spins
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Key Statistics
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variable measured: negative sentiment share
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  value: 52%
  description: Share of U.S. adults reporting negative view of AI, per cited but unattributed poll