The Problem of Inequality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Julian Jacobs |
TEDxProvidence
• October 2019
In the early 20th century, the US saw a period of extraordinary growth, but also extraordinary inequality. This was the Gilded Age. And although that inequality was a result of a number of forces, it was also a product of technological change and automation of the time. Today, we are in the midst of a massive shift towards a greater reliance on digital technology, and artificial intelligence seems to promise another wave of disruption. What does that future have in store for the gap between in America's rich and poor? How will AI affect that gap? And why should we care?