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Expert opinions on Inequality
Sourced quotes, claims, policy proposals and stances on Inequality from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
528 sourced quotes · 5 policy proposals and claims
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AI will create a permanent underclass
168 opinions
For (32)Added 3d ago
Brian SchatzU.S. Senator (D–Hawaii)votes For and says:AI is already changing how people work, and it's bringing real risks: massive job losses, increased workplace surveillance, and weaker bargaining power for workers. We need to get ahead of it.
AI Verified source (Feb 27, 2026)
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Pilvi TorstiDirector of the European Training Foundation and former Finnish Minister of Science and Culture.abstains and says:For now, AI is not (yet) destroying jobs at scale. Even in advanced economies, only a small share of roles currently face a high risk of full automation. Instead, AI is reshaping how work is organised, who benefits, and who is left behind.
AI Verified source (May 22, 2026)
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Joe AtkinsonGlobal Chief AI Officer at PwC, writing on AI's effects on productivity, hiring, and work.votes Against and says:Across the global economy, we’re beginning to see a new divide emerge between different models for talent and value creation. The companies seeing the greatest returns on AI are using it to amplify human expertise, accelerate innovation and create en...
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Checks and Balances to Empower CitizensJoint AI-governance initiative of the Effective Institutions Project and the Collective Intelligence Project.votes For and says:
Benefit-sharing across borders. Almost all dividend and ownership proposals stop at the national border. But the populations most exposed to displacement and least able to capture AI’s gains are often outside the countries where it is built. We want ...
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AGI will create abundance
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For (23)Added 1d ago
Leandro MayaFinance professional, entrepreneur, and author of The Age of Abundance: AI and the Future of Work, Wealth, and Purpose.votes For and says:
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Bernard MarrAuthor, futurist, and strategic business adviser writing about artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.abstains and says:AI could make goods and services cheaper than ever, raising hopes for a new age of abundance where scarcity plays a smaller role in human life.
AI Verified source (May 6, 2026)
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Daniel LiebauProfessor and AI governance commentator; author of a 2026 Business Times analysis of AI-abundance claims.votes Against and says:Scarcity has shifted, not disappeared: The premise of AI abundance needs sharper evidence.
AI Verified source (May 14, 2026)
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Implement a universal basic income
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For (104)Added 3d ago
Nouriel RoubiniEconomist and professor emeritus at New York University’s Stern School of Business, known for analysis of global macroeconomics and financial crises.votes For and says:Eventually, we need some form of universal basic income for everybody while they work and once they retire.
AI Verified source (Jul 18, 2026)
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Yuval Noah HarariIsraeli historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalemabstains and says:Paying people not to work will only increase inequality and rancor. [...] If universal basic income is aimed to improve the objective conditions of the average person in 2050, it has a fair chance of succeeding. But if it is aimed to make people subj...
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International Labour OrganizationUN specialized agency for laborvotes Against and says:Universal basic income is not the answer to the impact of AI on the labour market.
AI Verified source (May 7, 2026)
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