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AI could create a four-class global society, warns analyst

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Branko Milanović, an analyst of global inequality, posits that AI and related technologies could lead to a four-tiered global society. This structure would include a surplus population deemed valueless by Big Tech, a precarious service sector performing remaining automatable tasks, a wealthy 'homoploutic' class of capital owners and professionals, and finally, the 'Tech Lords' who already hold significant power. AI

IMPACT AI could reshape societal structures, potentially creating a surplus population and exacerbating wealth inequality.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from an analyst discussing the societal impact of AI.

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AI could create a four-class global society, warns analyst

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    Branko Milanovic (analyst of global inequality) thinks the danger of AI & associated technologies is they promote a (global) society of four classes: A surplus

    Branko Milanovic (analyst of global inequality) thinks the danger of AI & associated technologies is they promote a (global) society of four classes: A surplus population (humans Big Tech think have no value); A service sector working class (precariously serving on the residual w…

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