The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth

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  Carsten Jung

  Associate Director for Economic Policy and AI at IPPR (Institute for Public Policy Research); previously led the Bank of England's work on AI regulation

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  We don't have to be passengers in the AI revolution, we can be drivers. Right now, policy is focused on speeding up AI adoption, but not on where it's taking us. Without a clearer direction, we risk ending up with more inequality, more concentrated p... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Sam Altman

  CEO at OpenAI

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  Once you see AGI you can't unsee it. It has a real 'ring of power' dynamic to it, and makes people do crazy things. I don't mean that AGI is the ring itself, but instead the totalizing philosophy of 'being the one to control AGI'. [...] The only solu... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Dario Amodei

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  The natural policy response to an enormous economic pie coupled with high inequality (due to a lack of jobs, or poorly paid jobs, for many) is progressive taxation. [...] The thing to worry about is a level of wealth concentration that will break soc... more Verified source (2026)

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  Peter McCrory

  Head of Economics at Anthropic; macroeconomist studying AI's impact on labor markets

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  The impact of this technology will be shaped, not just by the capabilities as they advance, but also the choices that we make, and those choices will help us pursue a vision that the benefits of the technology can be broadly felt, and whatever transi... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Nicolai Tangen

  CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, managing Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (~$2 trillion)

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  I'm surprised by people who basically use it only to take out costs. Instead, why don't you use it to become more productive and gain market share? You are going to make adoption faster and easier for yourself - and you are going to make it easier fo... more Unverified source (2026)

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  David Autor

  MIT labor economist; Ford Professor of Economics; leading researcher on technology and employment

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  I think we have a collective interest in managing this transition well. And if successful, we will be more affluent. We will have more possibilities. But it does not follow that those will be at all evenly distributed unless we take actions in that d... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Gina Raimondo

  U.S. Secretary of Commerce

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  The United States is on track to win the AI race — and hollow itself out in the process. Slowing AI innovation isn't the answer. We need a new grand bargain between the public and private sectors — where employers are held responsible for defining sk... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Robert Reich

  Former Secretary of Labor

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  The real question is whether AI's productivity gains (assuming AI delivers them) are widely shared. [...] AI will make most of us poorer and a few fabulously wealthy — unless its productivity gains are allocated fairly. Unverified source (2026)

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  Tristan Harris

  Center for Humane Technology cofounder

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  They're not racing to augment and support human workers. They're racing to replace human workers. [...] [This] will lead to unprecedented levels of concentration and wealth and power because essentially, all the money in the economy — instead of bein... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Jamie Dimon

  Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase

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  We would agree – if we have to do that to save society. Society will have more production. We're going to cure a lot of cancers. You're not going to slow it down. How do you have plans in place to make it work better if it does something terrible? Unverified source (2026)

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  Mark Carney

  Prime Minister of Canada; former Governor of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada

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  Our goal is AI for All. AI governed by Canadian values, accountable to Canadians, and serving Canadians. [...] The question is whether it will improve the lives of all Canadians or benefit only some. Unverified source (2026)

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  Roa Powell

  Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR); co-leads IPPR's AI programme

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  People are increasingly worried about AI, and for good reason. If governments can't show what AI is for and how it will improve lives, that concern could quickly turn into outright opposition. The task now is to make AI work for the public, not just ... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Julie Sweet

  Chair and CEO of Accenture

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  Using AI as an engine for growth is the only path for global prosperity, for all. [...] We must commit to providing access to the technology and the talent for small and medium-sized enterprises. [SMEs represent] 50 per cent of the world's GDP, and i... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Christine Lagarde

  President of the European Central Bank

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  [AI] is capital intensive, energy intensive, data intensive. It prospers if there is plenty of that. If we don't work cooperatively, there will be less data to process, less capital flowing, and that is not conducive to the prosperity of a sector tha... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Tim O'Reilly

  Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media. Investor. Studied at Harvard University.

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  We can build an AI economy that concentrates value, hollows out demand, and forces society into a reactive cycle of backlash and repair. Or we can build an AI economy that circulates, where discoveries diffuse, where productivity dividends translate ... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Daron Acemoglu

  Nobel laureate economist; MIT Institute Professor; author of Power and Progress

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  If we go down this path of destroying jobs [and] creating more inequality, U.S. democracy is not going to survive. Unverified source (2026)

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  Erik Brynjolfsson

  Economist, AI & productivity scholar

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  I'm pretty confident about the productivity gains and about the wealth that is going to be created. I'm really concerned that it's not going to be evenly distributed, and that a lot of people will be hurt in a significant way. Unverified source (2026)

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  Nicolas Berggruen

  Billionaire investor and philanthropist; founder and chairman of the Berggruen Institute

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  Universal Basic Capital is a better fit for the digital economy of the future. It invites all those who labour for their living to earn value from investment in technology. Unverified source (2026)

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  Kristalina Georgieva

  Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

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  This is moving so fast, and yet we don't know how to make it safe. We don't know how to make it inclusive. [...] Is it going to help the majority to have better opportunities, better jobs, better lives? Or is it going to be a divisive force that wide... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Brad Smith

  Microsoft Vice Chair & President

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  AI, perhaps more than any other technology this century, will play a decisive role in either closing this economic divide or exacerbating it. [...] If AI is deployed broadly and used well by a young and growing population, it offers a real prospect f... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Jensen Huang

  Nvidia cofounder and CEO

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  I'm optimistic about the potential of AI to lift the countries that are emerging. [...] We need to make sure that the average pensioner, the average saver, is a part of [AI's] growth. If they're just watching it from the sidelines, they're going to f... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Ro Khanna

  U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district

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  We need regulations that prevent companies from using AI to eliminate jobs to extract greater profits. Artists at these companies need to have a say in how AI is deployed. They should share in the profits. And there should be a tax on mass displaceme... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Alex Bores

  New York State Assemblymember

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  At its core, the AI Dividend is simple: if AI dramatically increases productivity and concentrates wealth, the American people have a stake in those gains. [...] You don't take out fire insurance because you expect your house to burn down — you have ... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Elon Musk

  Founder of SpaceX, cofounder of Tesla, SolarCity & PayPal

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  Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation. Unverified source (2026)

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  Nandan Nilekani

  Co-founder of Infosys; architect of India's Aadhaar digital identity system

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  There's a race to the top and a race to the bottom. And the race to the bottom is faster than the race to the top. [...] All of us who have a stake in AI being useful to humanity have to accelerate and redouble our efforts to make the diffusion happe... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Pete Buttigieg

  Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation; 2020 presidential candidate; Harvard Kennedy School Fellow

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  A bad outcome is one where the end result of AI is even higher concentrations of wealth and power in this country than what we already have. [...] A good outcome is one where the end result of AI is a shorter work week and more money in your pocket. Unverified source (2026)

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  Bernie Sanders

  U.S. Senator from Vermont

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  We are looking at the most consequential and significant technological revolution in the history of humanity. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that, maybe, human beings and workers should benefit from this transition, rather than a ha... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Yoshua Bengio

  AI Pioneer, Turing Award winner

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  Advanced AI in the future [must be] a global public good governed safely towards human flourishing for the benefit of all. Unverified source (2026)

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  Andrew Yang

  2020 US Presidential Candidate

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  AI will result in a more extreme winner-take-all economy, where the path to social mobility and middle-class status is broken. Unverified source (2026)

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  Shawn Fain

  President of the United Auto Workers (UAW)

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  The same greedy corporate power brokers today want us to believe that killing millions of jobs in the name of AI will be a good thing, and the working class knows better. [...] AI must benefit workers. Unverified source (2026)

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  Larry Fink

  Chairman and CEO of BlackRock

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  There's a real risk artificial intelligence could widen wealth inequality if ownership does not broaden alongside it. [...] A critical part of the solution is bringing more people into the capital markets—so they can share in the growth already takin... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Demis Hassabis

  Nobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMind

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  International cooperation through forums like this summit, from the UK, Paris, Seoul, to India, is essential to ensure benefits are universal and dangers contained. Unverified source (2026)

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  Vinod Khosla

  Venture capitalist; Khosla Ventures founder

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  AI will transform economies and need a rethink of capitalism & equity. Labor portion of economy (vs capital) will decline sharply. Unverified source (2026)

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  Karianne Oldernes Tung

  Norwegian Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance

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  For Norway, it is a top priority to ensure that Artificial Intelligence benefits everyone, every society, and every country. Unverified source (2026)

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  Jeffrey Sachs

  American economist

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  Shape the changes ahead so that AI fulfills its vast potential to raise living standards and wellbeing, not for a few, but for all parts of society and all regions of the world. Unverified source (2026)

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  Emmanuel Macron

  President of France

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  Artificial Intelligence must enable humanity to innovate faster and transform healthcare, energy, mobility, agriculture and public services for the benefit of mankind. Unverified source (2026)

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  Satya Nadella

  Microsoft CEO

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  For this not to be a bubble, by definition, it requires that the benefits of this [technology] are much more evenly spread. Unverified source (2026)

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  Joseph Stiglitz

  Nobel laureate economist based at Columbia University

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  If we don't do anything about managing AI, there is a threat that it will lead to more inequality. And since inequality is such a bad, serious problem in our society, that is a great concern to me. Unverified source (2026)

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  Bill Gates

  Philanthropist. Founder and former CEO of Microsoft.

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  We should use 2026 to prepare ourselves for these changes—including which policies will best help spread the wealth and deal with the important role jobs play in our society. Unverified source (2026)

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  Sundar Pichai

  CEO of Google and Alphabet

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  Technology brings incredible benefits, but we must ensure everyone has access to them. We cannot allow the digital divide to become an AI divide. Unverified source (2026)

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  Narendra Modi

  Prime Minister of India

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  India's direction and vision for AI are clear: AI is a shared resource for the welfare of humanity. Unverified source (2026)

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  António Guterres

  UN Secretary-General

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  AI must benefit everyone. [...] The future of AI cannot be decided by a handful of countries – or left to the whims of a few billionaires. Unverified source (2026)

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  Yann LeCun

  Computer scientist, AI researcher

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  Whether AI's benefits are widely shared is a political question, has nothing to do with technology. Unverified source (2026)

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