Does AI shrink the 'Gini of abilities'? An ideological clash over AI egalitarianism
zetalyrae · x · 2026-10-29
Matt Bruenig argues AI is inherently egalitarian because it significantly "reduces the gini of abilities" — the open question is whether economic institutions will translate that into reduced income/wealth inequality. Gregory Conti fires back that such AI enthusiasm is "spiritually communist": reducing the gini of abilities just means the gap between the diligent and intelligent versus the lazy and stupid becomes nothing in the face of the machine.
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