According to a Walton Family Foundation/Gallup survey, Gen Z anger toward AI jumped from 22% to 31% in a single year. The survey also found that 48% of Gen Z workers say AI risks in the workplace outweigh the benefits, only 15% view AI as a net positive, and fewer than 20% would choose AI over a human for tutoring, financial advice, or customer service. AI-linked job displacement has eliminated an estimated net 11,000 U.S. jobs per month, as reported by SFGATE. In San Francisco, which houses the headquarters of OpenAI, Anthropic, and xAI, grassroots activism has emerged. Stop AI, a grassroots Bay Area group, has staged recurring protests outside OpenAI’s offices, per KTVU, and demonstrators have also targeted Anthropic and xAI, according to ABC7, calling for a pause or permanent ban on frontier AI development. A young San Franciscan described AI as “like having a dumb friend,” as reported by SFGATE. The city ranks second nationally for young professional earning potential with a median income of $110,135, according to CoworkingCafe data cited by SFGATE.