Source: Marcus on AI
While tech evangelists have spent years selling AI as inevitable progress, U.S. young adults—the demographic most shaped by digital platforms—are now leading concern rather than adoption enthusiasm. This reversal constrains what AI companies can actually build and market: a generation that grew up trusting Silicon Valley less is unlikely to grant the same permissions around data, autonomy, or integration that previous cohorts did. The gap between hype and lived adoption is widening fastest among those who should be most aligned with tech's vision.