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Business·The Trace·Automated dual reading·Published 2026-07-12

After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI

Americans are growing worried about what artificial intelligence portends for their futures. Eight in 10 Americans report concern over AI, compared with a third who report being excited, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll. More than half think it will do more harm than good in their daily lives. Seven out of 10 think it will reduce the number of available jobs. Skeptical though they may be, they are about to get more AI rammed down their throats and stuck into their pension plans and their investment portfoli…

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After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI
The quick read

Americans are growing worried about what artificial intelligence portends for their futures. Eight in 10 Americans report concern over AI, compared with a third who report being excited, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll.

Skeptical though they may be, they are about to get more AI rammed down their throats and stuck into their pension plans and their investment portfolios, whether they want it or not, binding their futures ever more tightly to the frenzied, risky, multibillion-dollar dash by technology moguls to develop machines capable of mimicking human thought processes to take over cognitive tasks. While the company makes most of its money these days selling internet access, it largely needs the money to finance Musk’s vast AI ambitions, which include blasting datacenters into orbit.

Main points
  • Americans are growing worried about what artificial intelligence portends for their futures.
  • Eight in 10 Americans report concern over AI, compared with a third who report being excited, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll.
  • More than half think it will do more harm than good in their daily lives.
Gain

After SpaceX’s huge IPO, Americans’ financial future will be bound to AI: Musk has been lobbying for SpaceX to be quickly invited on to the indices, which would force index funds to buy the stock, no matter its price, and providing it a hefty boost.

Problem

Eight in 10 Americans report concern over AI, compared with a third who report being excited, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll.

The rundown

More than half think it will do more harm than good in their daily lives. Seven out of 10 think it will reduce the number of available jobs.

What this doesn’t fix

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Sources

The debate