Power Bites - March 20, 2026

About this episode

Julio Zelaya discusses a major qualitative study on public perceptions of AI and its implications for business leaders.

80,508 people. 159 countries. 70 languages. One question: what do you actually want from AI? Anthropic just published what may be the largest qualitative study ever conducted — and the answers will challenge everything you think you know about who's optimistic, who's terrified, and why the same person is usually both. This week on PowerBites I break down the five tensions every business leader needs to understand, why a butcher in Chile and a mute developer in Ukraine are rewriting the rules ...

People in this episode

Host: Julio Zelaya

Topics covered

• AI
• business leadership
• qualitative study
• optimism
• fear
• global perspectives

Keywords

• AI
• Anthropic
• business leaders
• qualitative study
• optimism
• fear
• global perspectives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic

Places: Chile, Ukraine

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