UN official warns AI could ‘deepen’ global inequality

I think divide is really the concern, because it's really, it's not just about digital divide, because AI really now has a huge potential of powering health, education, public services, industries, agriculture, trade. So, AI divide could really mean opportunity divide and really could deepen social economic divide. So, that's really the worrying part. There is a risk that today, if we'll see, for example, the data center capacity, you will still see a huge divide there. Sometimes, if you look at, for example, the supercomputer capacity, 90% of that is in two countries alone. So you clearly see still rather big infrastructure divide. If you need to look at the smaller, like in the lower levels of infrastructure, for example basic connectivity, you still see 2.2 billion people around the world not connected. I think the way forward is really to invest to make sure that the AI benefits everyone, to recognize and acknowledge the fears and anxieties that people feel, and I think these are important, but also to realize that the AI is there to stay and the AI is there to transform our lives. So we really need to invest, invest in infrastructure, invest in people and skills, and invest in policies to make sure that the AI benefits everyone.