--- title: What 81,000 people want from AI | daily.dev description: Anthropic conducted the largest qualitative AI study ever, interviewing 80,508 Claude users across 159 countries and 70 languages. The study reveals that most... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-81-000-people-want-from-ai-bhevtrzfn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What 81,000 people want from AI | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic conducted the largest qualitative AI study ever, interviewing 80,508 Claude users across 159 countries and 70 languages. The study reveals that most... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-81-000-people-want-from-ai-bhevtrzfn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bheVtRzFn.png og:image:alt: What 81,000 people want from AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What 81,000 people want from AI **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 29 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic conducted the largest qualitative AI study ever, interviewing 80,508 Claude users across 159 countries and 70 languages. The study reveals that most people want AI to help them live better lives — not just work faster. The top desire (19%) was professional excellence, followed by life management (14%) and personal transformation (14%). 81% said AI had already taken steps toward their vision. Key tensions emerged: learning vs. cognitive atrophy, decision-making benefits vs. unreliability, emotional support vs. dependence, time savings vs. increased workload, and economic empowerment vs. job displacement. Regional differences were stark: developing regions see AI as an opportunity ladder, while wealthier regions worry more about governance and complexity management. Concern about jobs and the economy was the strongest predictor of negative AI sentiment overall. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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