Shira Ovide, The Washington Post; A new force is increasing inequality in America
Evidence is mounting that artificial intelligence is helping the richest people and cities pull further ahead.
"Sam Altman, the chief executive who unleashed ChatGPT on the world, has called artificial intelligence an “equalizing force” that will “collectively lift us all up.”
But evidence is piling up that the AI boom may instead be widening the gap between America’s economic aristocracy and everyone else.
Data shows that the people making the most use of AI are concentrated in richer urban areas, while disadvantaged regions have lagged behind. Affluent Americans are on a spending spree thanks to investment portfolios fattened by an AI-addicted stock market. And some economic experts are warning that AI could widen the income gap between American workers and business owners that has caused anxiety for a decade."
