Psychologists found a new source of stress: fear of falling behind on AI

😰 Psychologists found a new source of stress: fear of falling behind on AI

Researcher Chi-Lin Yu from Oklahoma State University published the paper “Fear of missing out on AI” in the journal Telematics and Informatics Reports: fear of missing out on AI (FOMO-AI) is statistically linked to more pronounced symptoms of anxiety and depression. The survey involved 557 American adults.

🌍 The psychological cost of the pace of AI adoption has become a measurable phenomenon: companies now have a marker (FOMO-AI) to assess team stress, and applied AI training is no longer just about productivity.

👤 Main takeaway: the anxiety of “I’m falling behind on AI” is reduced not by attitude toward the technology, but by real knowledge of how LLMs work. But this is a correlation: a cross-sectional survey does not prove causality.

Source 1: https://www.psypost.org/fear-of-missing-out-on-ai-is-linked-to-anxiety-and-depression/ Source 2: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277250302500091X