Bella DeVaan on AI will create a permanent underclass

Bella DeVaan

Director of the Charity Reform Initiative at the Institute of Policy Studies.

Without government intervention, she worries AI will create a permanent underclass of workers.

AI Verified (Jun 11, 2026)

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Bella DeVaan, quoted in Glenn Gamboa, “Anthropic announces ‘Claude Corps’ to teach nonprofits to use AI more effectively,” Associated Press via Tech Xplore, June 11, 2026.

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AI Verified She explicitly warns AI will create a permanent worker underclass, directly supporting the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches DeVaan's explicit warning of a permanent AI-created underclass. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Source PDF (Tech Xplore/AP, 11 Jun 2026) attributes this exact sentence to Bella DeVaan. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 3mo ago

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AI value alignment must be subject to public deliberation, not decided by developers alone

The fox can’t guard the henhouse. They can’t be responsible for their own regulation or for their own definition of what their altruistic mandate is. That has to be determined by the public.

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