One chart shows a big warning sign for the future of AI

Pew Research Center, graphic by Madison Hoff/Business Insider Young adults are more concerned about AI than excited about the technology, according to a new survey.

The Pew Research Center found this is the first time that's happened since they began asking the question in 2021.

The survey illustrates the degree to which views have declined.

The "AI-native" generation that leading companies are counting on is souring on the technology.

A higher share of adults under 30 are "more concerned than excited" about AI than vice versa, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

While Pew reports that overall concern is up, this is the first time a majority of young adults have reported they're "more concerned than excited" since it began asking the question in 2021.

The findings illustrate that betting on an AI-native generation might prove to be more complicated than initially thought.

Leaders of Figma, Reddit, Sierra, and other companies have remarked about how hiring younger employees gives them access to workers who have learned the fundamentals alongside AI tools.

"The kids coming out of college right now learned how to program with AI.

They're really good at it, so I think we will go heavy on new grads because they're so much more AI native," Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in March.

In February, a similar Pew survey found that adults aged 18 to 29 were the largest users of AI chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT , Google's Gemini, and Microsoft's Copilot.

Chatbots, which are powered by large language models, are not the only way people can use AI, but the survey illustrated just how much AI use had grown across all age demographics.

According to the Pew survey, more Americans (71%) also say that AI will lead to "fewer jobs" than they did two years ago (64%).

Adults 18 to 29 are as likely to hold that view as adults 30 to 64, a change from when Pew asked that same question two years ago.