AI exacerbates inequality by empowering the best and making the rest replaceable
VraserX · x · 2026-08-21
The author argues that AI has a dual effect: it dramatically empowers the most capable people while making everyone else easier to replace. This polarization could widen inequality even before full automation arrives.
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