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That seems to be true of almost any significant technological advancement. I would argue that the proper response as a society is to socialize the benefits of these developments in order to stem the otherwise inevitable spreading of the wealth gap. I'm sure someone will eventually call me a commie for such wild notions.

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That's the exact problem. AI is centralizing. So is empowering the government. Not to mention if AI development is heavily red-taped in one jurisdiction, its development will simply move to a more lax jurisdiction. It makes things even worse.

No matter how you slice it, the rich gets richer, those in power centres in government gets more power, and the majority in the lower middle class loses the most.

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