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How does widespread access to AI tools increase inequalities?
by simonw 10mo ago
How does widespread access to AI tools increase inequalities?
- oulipo2 10mo agoBecause as long as it is done in a capitalistic economy, it will be excluding the many from work, while driving profits to a few
- AstroBen 10mo agoIt's pretty clear that if AI delivers on its promise it'll decimate the income of all but the top 1% developers Labor is worth less, capital and equity ownership make more or the same
- simonw 10mo agoI don't think that's a forgone conclusion yet. I continue to hope that we see the opposite effect: the drop of cost in software development drives massively increased demand for both software and our services. I wrote about that here: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/llm-predictions-for-2026/#3-years-the-coding-agents-jevons-paradox-for-software-engineering-will-resolve-one-way-or-the-other https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/llm-predictions-for-202...
- AstroBen 10mo agoI keep flip-flopping between being optimistic and pessimistic on this, but yeah we just need to wait and see