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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Gen Z's growing anger towards AI

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

WIBC

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

So there is a new study that said Gen Z, speaking of young men turning 18, Gen Z's sentiment towards artificial intelligence has shifted in the last year with teens and 20-somethings less excited about the tech.

0:16.5

In fact, they're not only less excited about it, they're getting angry about it.

0:23.8

They've got a lot of anger and skepticism towards AI as AI is rising.

0:29.8

And that anchor is probably coming from them becoming more informed about it.

0:36.4

Well, the fact that all the data centers are popping up and what it could be potentially

0:41.7

doing to their future employment as well.

0:45.3

Yeah, and we see this anecdotally with our daughter, who's Gen Z and her friends.

0:49.2

Oh, she hates A.

0:50.2

And all her friends do too.

0:51.9

In fact, they, you know, whenever they see commercials or advertisements where the graphic or video has clearly been generated via AI, there's a lot of outrage on that. Some artists, authors, this has been a big thing. The book publishers have started using AI to generate the cover artwork for their books. And apparently in the book

1:12.4

community, that's a big scandal. And they don't want AI invading any part of their life in any

1:18.6

aspect of it. And I'm sure the fact that everybody is screaming doom and gloom and how AI is going to

1:23.6

take over everybody's jobs. And Gen Z certainly has the longest part of their careers ahead of them.

1:29.3

That's got to be a factor into this as well.

1:31.0

A lot of them believe that AI is going to hurt critical thinking and learning.

1:34.1

No kidding.

1:35.2

It will also replace or weaken creativity.

1:38.9

They see art as being replaced.

1:42.2

Real art made by humans being replaced, like you mentioned.

1:45.7

Not only book covers, but also album covers,

1:48.8

and even their music is being replaced by AI instead of real humans.

1:55.4

You had that story in the last week about how on the country charts on Spotify right now.

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