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  "claim": "53% of Americans say AI will worsen people's ability to think creatively; 16% say it will improve it",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Most Americans think AI will hurt creativity\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society (Sept. 17, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "53% say AI will worsen people’s ability to think creatively, compared with 16% who say it will improve this ... For this analysis, we surveyed 5,023 adults from June 9 to 15, 2025.",
  "method": "Pew American Trends Panel survey of 5,023 US adults, June 9–15, 2025.",
  "drift": [
    "Opinion about the future, not a measured effect"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In Pew's June 2025 survey of 5,023 US adults, 53% said AI will worsen people's ability to think creatively and 16% said it will improve it.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew — How Americans View AI (2025)",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Survey June 9–15, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}