AI isn't a tool for the rich — it's the first intelligence lever for everyone else
LucaAmb · x · 2026-11-11
Arguing against the claim that AI is "a tool for the rich": billionaires could already hire 50 developers, 20 researchers and 10 lawyers to turn any idea into a business. Now one person with a laptop can accomplish what cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a few years ago. The rich never needed AI for intelligence — everyone else did.
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