While artificial intelligence (AI) transforms American business, Florida risks being left behind. Recent polling by The James Madison Institute reveals a troubling divide among the state’s workers: though 40% use AI daily or regularly in their jobs, nearly one-third report never using it at all. More concerning, younger workers (17%) are more than three times as likely to use AI daily compared to those 55 and older (5%). This gap isn’t just a statistical curiosity. It represents billions in unrealized productivity gains and a competitive disadvantage that Florida businesses can ill afford.

The resistance to AI adoption stems largely from outdated fears about job displacement. But these concerns, while understandable, are increasingly contradicted by reality. Florida businesses that he

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