Verified Confidence: high
Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
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.
What the source says
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.
Pew Research Center — How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society (Sept. 17, 2025)
- Commonly cited as
- "Most Americans think AI will hurt creativity"
- True origin
- Pew Research Center — How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society (Sept. 17, 2025)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- Survey June 9–15, 2025
- Last checked
- Method & sample
- Pew American Trends Panel survey of 5,023 US adults, June 9–15, 2025.
- Drift between quote and source
- Opinion about the future, not a measured effect
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).