WATCH: Americans warn AI will take jobs despite reassuring labor data: 'Just wait'

As debate intensifies over the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), people are sounding the alarm about the technology's potential to disrupt the American workforce and displace workers.

"Maybe not yet, but it is certainly going to happen imminently," Max from South Africa said about the risk of AI taking jobs away from Americans.

"The amount of AI that's pushing and talkbots that you can use and systems that will allow you to sidestep other individuals or systems, it's on its way," Max said.

"Everybody's probably going to get fired, just wait," Ivory from Virginia told Fox News Digital.

"I think maybe folks are afraid… that there will not be any humans needed to run things, but I think that's not the case," Crystal from Pennsylvania said. "You're going to need the people to still implement the AI."

Others that Fox News Digital spoke with dismissed the report's results, suggesting AI adoption will inevitably spike job layoffs.

"I don't believe it," Henry from Virginia said when asked about the recent report.

He continued, "You take any business…. They're all training to make people available and able to work with AI. And the net of it is that the nose count goes down."

Another person Fox News Digital spoke with disagreed, arguing AI is "not there yet" in its ability to replace human intelligence.

"We thought that it could replace software developers and coders right off the bat," he said. "Fortunately for us, but unfortunately for AI, we're not there yet. "

"We have an energy crisis," a person who spoke with Fox News Digital said. "We don't have enough energy to really take AI to the next level. At this point, I think moving forward next decade, we'll see a lot of changes. But as of right now, when you lay off the panic button, I think we're just fine."

"You need to know how it works and get good at using it," Harvey from London said.

"I think it's just going to propel us forward and we have to keep up," Crystal said.

She continued, "If we don't, what's next?"