{ "title": "AI is not one question.", "description": "Using it. Living near it. Seeing it in an ad. Three findings that challenge a simple story about AI.", "sources": { "yougov": { "publisher": "The Economist / YouGov", "url": "https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_yVe1kKt.pdf", "field_dates": "August 28–31, 2026", "sample": "1,592 U.S. adult citizens", "method": "Web interviews with a weighted opt-in panel. Question and subgroup bases vary; the printed counts are unweighted. The publisher reports an overall margin of error of ±3.5 points, adjusted for weighting.", "source_id": "2cdaa1ba-238e-4768-b714-50a22d722faa" }, "publicfirst": { "publisher": "Public First / ITIF", "url": "https://www2.itif.org/2026-public-first-itif-data-centers.pdf", "field_dates": "August 8–12, 2026", "sample": "2,007 U.S. adults", "method": "Online survey, weighted to represent U.S. adults. The report does not provide subgroup counts on the selected slide. The figures are most-minus-least importance scores, not percentages supporting a commitment and not estimates of persuasion.", "method_url": "https://itif.org/publications/2026/08/26/data-centers-are-americans-least-favored-form-of-development/", "source_id": "4eb1f7e2-68e7-42ae-b5b2-caed8b2aac4c" }, "gallup": { "publisher": "Bentley University / Gallup", "url": "https://news.gallup.com/poll/713222/americans-aren-sold-businesses-using-advertising.aspx", "field_dates": "May 4–11, 2026", "sample": "3,270 U.S. adults", "method": "Probability-based Gallup Panel web survey. The public article provides selected findings rather than full crosstabs or exact questionnaire wording; subgroup counts are not reported there.", "method_url": "https://www.gallup.com/analytics/512066/bentley-business-in-society.aspx", "source_id": "30613604-59ee-4c6d-89d0-7b6e2e5a83bc" } }, "cards": [ { "id": "ai-neighbors", "topic": "Use & local support", "kicker": "AI USE / COMMUNITY ATTITUDES", "headline": "More AI use. Little more local support.", "description": "Personal AI use ranges from 17% to 44% across age groups. Support for a new local data center stays between 17% and 20%.", "chart_title": "Two questions, by age", "legend": [ "Use AI for personal tasks", "Support a local data center" ], "labels": [ "AI use", "Support" ], "max": 100, "unit": "percent", "panels": [ { "title": "Ages 18–29", "values": [ 44, 18 ], "base": "Unweighted n: 321 / 321" }, { "title": "Ages 30–44", "values": [ 38, 20 ], "base": "Unweighted n: 401 / 401" }, { "title": "Ages 45–64", "values": [ 35, 20 ], "base": "Unweighted n: 502 / 502" }, { "title": "Ages 65+", "values": [ 17, 17 ], "base": "Unweighted n: 365 / 366" } ], "scale": "Percent within each age group · 0–100% scale · bases shown as AI-use question / local-support question", "receipts": [ { "source": "yougov", "page": 45, "location": "Q28 · page 45", "label": "Personal AI use", "chunk_id": "s448-econ-yougov-20260831-crosstabs-28-age" }, { "source": "yougov", "page": 55, "location": "Q38 · page 55", "label": "Local data center support", "chunk_id": "s448-econ-yougov-20260831-crosstabs-38-age" } ], "receipt_limit": "These are separate questions within age groups, not a cross-tabulation of AI users’ own support.", "next_question": "What would we learn by asking AI users directly about a data center in their community?", "note": "Q28 asks, “Do you use AI agents to do personal tasks?” The chart uses “Yes.” Q38 asks, “Would you support or oppose a new data center being built in your community?” The chart uses the published support NET. The data show age-group patterns, not whether the same people both use AI and oppose data centers." }, { "id": "ai-priorities", "topic": "What matters locally", "kicker": "DATA CENTERS / COMMUNITY PRIORITIES", "headline": "Opponents put resources first.", "description": "On-site power, electricity bills and water rank above permanent jobs among local opponents. Supporters give jobs a stronger relative priority.", "chart_title": "Selected developer commitments: most-minus-least importance score", "legend": [ "Local opponents", "Local supporters" ], "labels": [ "Opponents", "Supporters" ], "max": 30, "unit": "score", "panels": [ { "title": "Generate all power on site", "values": [ 24.9, 6.4 ] }, { "title": "Keep electricity bills from rising", "values": [ 24.5, 12.3 ] }, { "title": "Use almost no cooling water", "values": [ 20.8, 8.6 ] }, { "title": "Guarantee permanent jobs above the local average wage", "values": [ 5.7, 11.6 ] } ], "scale": "Published importance scores, not percentages · shared 0 to +30 displayed range · four selected commitments", "receipts": [ { "source": "publicfirst", "page": 10, "location": "Developer commitments · page 10", "label": "Supporters and opponents", "chunk_id": "s448-public-first-itif-20260826-pf8-local-data-center-stance" } ], "receipt_limit": "Full survey n = 2,007; supporter and opponent subgroup counts are not supplied on the slide.", "next_question": "Which commitments would address local concerns—and would any actually change support?", "note": "The source asks which developer commitments would be most and least important. Scores are most minus least: a higher score means stronger relative priority. Four commitments are shown from a 15-item exercise. This is not a message experiment and does not measure whether a promise changes support. The full source includes negative scores for other commitments." }, { "id": "ai-advertising", "topic": "AI in advertising", "kicker": "AI ADVERTISING / AGE", "headline": "The youngest audience is the most skeptical.", "description": "Two-thirds of adults under 30 view businesses’ AI-created advertising negatively—the highest share of any age group.", "chart_title": "Negative views of businesses using AI to create advertisements", "legend": [], "labels": [ "Negative" ], "max": 100, "unit": "percent", "panels": [ { "title": "Ages 18–29", "values": [ 66 ] }, { "title": "Ages 30–44", "values": [ 51 ] }, { "title": "Ages 45–59", "values": [ 38 ] }, { "title": "Ages 60+", "values": [ 46 ] } ], "scale": "Percent within each age group · common 0–100% scale · age bands follow this survey", "receipts": [ { "source": "gallup", "location": "“Younger U.S. Adults Are the Most Skeptical”", "label": "Published age breakdown", "chunk_id": "s448-bentley-gallup-ai-advertising-2026-claim-age-negative" } ], "receipt_limit": "Full survey n = 3,270; the article does not publish age-group sample counts.", "next_question": "Which uses of AI help a brand—and which make its audience pull away?", "note": "This chart reproduces the age breakdown reported in the publisher’s article. It is a separate survey with different field dates and age bands from the AI-use example; no numerical comparison across the two surveys is implied. These are attitudes toward AI-created advertising, not measured purchasing behavior." } ], "limits": "All findings are descriptive. No significance test or causal effect is claimed. These are independent public surveys explored through TrueDot Connect, not surveys conducted by TrueDot." }