Topic

Default-on features

Software capabilities enabled for users without being requested, and the opt-out controls vendors do or do not provide.

Current clusters

Gallup counts more than two Americans distrusting AI for every one who trusts it

About half of Americans use chatbots anyway, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation's explanation for the pushback is procedural: AI features switched on by default, with no clear way for a user to turn them off.

Publishers:vox.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption58
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence45