High‑Income Countries Most Worried About AI

Pew’s detailed tables show that concern about AI’s harms (especially job loss) is disproportionately high in high‑income countries compared with lower‑income ones, and that awareness and media exposure correlate with higher worry. This suggests that the politics of AI regulation and public pressure will look different in wealthier democracies versus lower‑income states. — If richer countries lead the regulatory conversation because their publics are more worried, international AI governance, trade policy, and multilateral rules will be shaped by risk‑averse high‑income priorities rather than by uniform global interests.