Digital divide may lead to wider one

Artificial intelligence is poised to become the defining technology of our generation.

- JOEL DABAO

Like electricity and the internet before it, AI will transform how we work, learn, govern, and compete. But unlike previous technological shifts, AI has the potential to widen inequality at unprecedented speed.

The reason is simple: AI amplifies human capability. Those with access to AI tools—and the skills to use them—will become dramatically more productive than those without. The gap between connected and unconnected communities will no longer be measured merely by internet speed, but by opportunity itself.