[danaris]

But, see, this is part of the problem:

Most of the people I hear from who use AI say everyone they know uses AI.

Most of the people I hear from who don't use AI say no one they know uses AI.

It seems to me that we've got competing bubbles here. But the statistics certainly show that, leaving aside whether they use it, most people don't like it or want it.

...I think it's also worth noting that AI usage is likely to be "louder" than AI avoidance in many cases—that is, whichever side of this one falls on, it's easier to detect someone pasting from ChatGPT directly into emails, or complaining that Gemini told them you would sell them XYZ, than it is to detect someone who's just keeping on the way they've always been.