At least a quarter said they use it frequently or a few times a week. About half said they use it a few times a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still, about 49% of workers said they never use AI in their jobs, the poll<\/a> found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2023, when Gallup started asking about AI use in jobs, 21% said that they used it occasionally, the AP reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AI, specifically platforms such as ChatGPT, is being used to write emails, write computer code, summarize documents, create images and answer questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it isn\u2019t just used for writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One Home Depot employee said he uses an AI assistant to help him answer questions about supplies he is not fully familiar with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI think my job would suffer if I couldn\u2019t because there would be a lot of shrugged shoulders and \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019 and customers don\u2019t want to hear that,\u201d Gene Walinski told the AP<\/a>. h<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still, as expected, adoption is most frequent for those in the technology sector, with about 60% using it frequently and 30% using it daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teacher Joyce Hatzidakis says she uses it to \u201cclean up\u201d communication with parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can scribble out a note and not worry about what I say and then tell it what tone I want,\u201d she told the AP<\/a>. \u201cAnd then, when I reread it, if it\u2019s not quite right, I can have it edited again. I\u2019m definitely getting less parent complaints.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But AI does bring with it some issues, specifically, it takes a lot of energy to run the AI systems, and not all economists agree that it will actually boost productivity or help with employment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One point of data to note, a separate Gallup poll from last year showed that as AI use is increasing, people are not worried about losing their jobs to computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About half of those surveyed said that bots may take their job within the next five years. In 2023, that portion of those polled was 60%, the AP<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n