Podbit · The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
AI companies are spending against a future of demand that isn't materializing. The data center buildout — backed by Washington's political bet on AI — will not continue at the same rate. Galloway predicts demand will collapse.
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This section is pure Galloway data-journalist mode. A 2026 NBC poll shows 46% of registered voters hold negative feelings toward AI versus only 26% positive. Pew finds just 10% of US adults are more excited than concerned, while 50% are more concerned — up from 37% in 2021 [1] — Scott Galloway "Two-thirds of people globally use AI regularly, but willingness to trust it has fallen from 52% to 43% since 2022. Only 10% of US adults ar…" 08:08 . Yet two-thirds of people globally use AI regularly, revealing a striking paradox: usage keeps climbing even as trust collapses. Galloway then offers two historical analogies. Nuclear power's brand fell to 49% public support in 2019 but bounced to 61% by 2025 — not from PR, but because Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon needed nuclear for their AI data centers, making the technology feel necessary again [2] — Scott Galloway "Nuclear power's support fell to 49% in 2019 but climbed back to 61% by 2025 — not through a PR campaign, but because tech giants needed it …" 09:25 . The Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal provides the second case: privacy trust cratered from 79% to 28%, yet Facebook's monthly active user count still grew 2%. The implication is unsettling — brand damage rarely kills the economics, so AI companies may not even need to fix the trust problem to survive.
A 2026 NBC poll found 46% of registered voters hold negative feelings toward AI, versus only 26% positive.
Two-thirds of people globally use AI regularly, but willingness to trust it has fallen from 52% to 43% since 2022. Only 10% of US adults are more excited than concerned. The gap between what people use and what they trust is widening fast.
Pew Research found only 10% of US adults say they're more excited than concerned about AI in daily life.
Pew found 50% of US adults are more concerned than excited about AI in daily life, up from 37% in 2021.
Two-thirds of people globally use AI regularly, but only half are willing to trust it, and just 39% in advanced economies.
Since 2022, willingness to rely on AI has fallen from 52% to 43% even as adoption has surged.
Nuclear power's support fell to 49% in 2019 but climbed back to 61% by 2025 — not through a PR campaign, but because tech giants needed it for AI data centers. AI's redemption arc, if it comes, will follow the same path: necessity first, understanding second.
Support for nuclear power fell to 49% in 2019 but recovered to 61% by 2025, driven not by PR but by necessity as tech companies pledged nuclear power for AI data centers.
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