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Comment by Alex Kantrowitz
Technology journalist; founder of the Big Technology newsletter and podcast; CNBC contributor
Unless AI's rise is accompanied by an edict that people can no longer pursue new companies or initiatives, then the technology can't be a subjugation machine without some accompanying rise in empowerment. [...] Unless you're brutally pessimistic about humanity's ability to take initiative, there's no way this underclass takes shape.AI Verified source (2026)
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Verified. The provided Big Technology URL leads to the article “A Permanent AI-Driven Underclass? Maybe, But Likely Not.” by Alex Kantrowitz, dated May 4, 2026, and the article contains the two quoted sentences verbatim (using curly apostrophes in the original); the [...] is a faithful omission between those sentences. ([bigtechnology.com](https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/a-permanent-ai-driven-underclass))
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