Trump team touts a coming economic revolution as voters fear job losses

Facing a public worried that highly intelligent computers and a new generation of robots are coming for their jobs, the White House is embarking on a campaign to show that artificial intelligence (AI) will actually unleash an economic renaissance—and that President Donald Trump deserves a large dose of the credit. A report issued by the president’s economic advisers calls it the “Trump Revolution.” In the White House’s telling, America is pulling ahead in the race to dominate AI technology, priming the economy for rapid growth and helping the nation surpass China and Europe. But that sunny take has to contend with a public that is largely gloomy about what AI will mean for the country and their job prospects. Poll after poll in the past year have found that Americans are skeptical that the technology will do more good than harm for their work and the country, a challenge for an administration that has prioritized moving as fast as possible on AI.