# Americans are split on whether working alongside AI will protect jobs

Canonical page: https://data.verasight.io/ai/americans-are-split-on-whether-working-alongside-ai-will-protect-jobs/

> Indexed question in AI & Tech.

## Reading

Americans are evenly divided on whether becoming more AI-savvy will blunt the threat of automation: 33% agree that workers who learn to work alongside AI face less risk of replacement, including 9% who strongly agree, while an identical 33% disagree, including 10% who strongly disagree, according to a Verasight survey conducted Dec. 3-8, 2025.

The single largest group, though, takes neither side, with 34% landing in the middle.

## Topline

To what extent do you agree with the following statement: "If employees become more AI-savvy and use AI to boost and optimize their productivity (i.e., work alongside AI), the threat of jobs being replaced by AI will decrease."

Americans are split on whether working alongside AI will protect jobs.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Neither agree nor disagree: 34.2%
- Agree: 23.8%
- Disagree: 23.1%
- Strongly Disagree: 9.6%
- Strongly Agree: 9.3%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-12-03 → 2025-12-08
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: tech_behavior
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#impact-of-ai-savviness-on-job-security](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#impact-of-ai-savviness-on-job-security)

## Citation

Verasight Human/LLM Comparison Survey #2025-172, fielded December 3-8, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#impact-of-ai-savviness-on-job-security](https://reports.verasight.io/r/verasight-human-v-synthetic#impact-of-ai-savviness-on-job-security)