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# The most dangerous constraint on American AI is... > **The most dangerous constraint on American AI is public distrust, because a democracy that does not consent to a build-out will stop it.** An NBC News poll published in March 2026 found only 26 percent of Americans viewing artificial intelligence positively and 46 percent negatively, a worse rating than Immigration and Customs Enforcement received in the same survey; only Iran and the Democratic Party fared worse. An Edelman poll released in November 2025 found that 87 percent of Chinese respondents trusted AI, compared with 32 percent of Americans, 36 percent of Britons and 39 percent of Germans. {{China enters the AI century with public confidence while America enters it with public fear; if Americans cannot be shown what the machine will give them, distrust may surrender the race before technology decides it.}} **Source:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The most dangerous constraint on American AI is public distrust, because a democracy that does not consent to a build-out will stop it. An NBC News poll published in March 2026 found only 26 percent of Americans viewing artificial intelligence positively and 46 percent negatively, a worse rating than Immigration and Customs Enforcement received in the same survey; only Iran and the Democratic Party fared worse. An Edelman poll released in November 2025 found that 87 percent of Chinese respondents trusted AI, compared with 32 percent of Americans, 36 percent of Britons and 39 percent of Germans. China enters the AI century with public confidence while America enters it with public fear; if Americans cannot be shown what the machine will give them, distrust may surrender the race before technology decides it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-most-dangerous-constraint-before-technology-decides ```