AI is on track to become either the single greatest equalizing force in history or one of the deepest source of injustice.
Think about what AI actually removes;
A cost of expertise.
A kid in a village with no access to tutors now can learn calculus from a same model a Harvard student uses.
A small business owner with no legal team can draft contracts that used to require a $200/hour lawyer. That's the equalizer case where expensive knowledge becomes nearly free.
But flip it. The same tools that democratize expertise also concentrate power when access isn't equal.
If only large companies can afford the best models, the best compute, the best data, AI doesn't level the field, it widens the gap between who has it and who doesn't.
Automation replaces jobs faster for people who can't afford to reskill.
So the real question isn't "is AI good or bad."
But who gets access, on what terms, and who's accountable when it gets things wrong.