NH residents use AI more, but fear job loss
NH residents use AI more, but fear job loss
https://vnews.com/2026/06/07/granite-state-ai-concerns/
Publish Date: 2026-06-07 14:28:00
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Granite Staters’ hopes are fading that artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on the economy, health care, politics, and more, according to the latest Granite State Poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents said the technology would have a negative effect overall on the U.S. over the next decade, according to polling data from late May. That number is up three percentage points from October 2025, when 61% of respondents had a negative view of AI’s future.
At the same time, however, New Hampshire residents are increasingly using AI in their work and day-to-day lives. According to the poll, 59% of workers use some form of AI at work. That’s up from 44% in October.
New Hampshire residents see AI as a threat in many spheres
Surveyors asked the 1,198 New Hampshire residents who participated in the poll whether AI would have a positive or negative effect on 10 categories of life in New Hampshire over the next 10 years.
A majority agreed that artificial intelligence would have a net positive effect on only one of those categories: medical care, for which 53% of respondents said AI would have a somewhat or very positive effect over the next decade.
That statistic is, however, down from October, when 57% of respondents answered optimistically.
The only other category in which AI optimism outweighs pessimism in the May survey is productivity at work. Thirty-nine percent of respondents said productivity would be affected positively over the next decade, compared to 35% of respondents who said it would be negatively impacted.
For the eight other categories included in the survey, pessimism outweighs optimism. Those categories include education, the economy, arts and entertainment, news, the environment, personal relationships, utility costs, and elections.
Granite Staters are most concerned about the effect of artificial intelligence on elections, according to the survey…
