#27 AI for Humanity or Inequality? Navigating the $15.7 Trillion Question
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By 2030, Artificial Intelligence could add $15.7 trillion to the global economy, but who will benefit? π
The 2025 UN Human Development Report reveals:
- 66% of people worldwide expect to use AI in education, health, or work within just one year.
- Yet global human development progress is slowing down to its weakest pace in 35 years, leaving vulnerable countries further behind.
- AI is already transforming lives: in Rwanda, drones deliver blood supplies in minutes instead of hours; in India, AI-powered apps give farmers real-time weather and crop advice in local dialects.
But risks loom large: from job automation threatening 14% of global employment, to biases in algorithms that misidentify women and people of color up to 30% more often.
This episode explores how AI can either empower humanity or deepen divides and why the choices we make today will shape our collective future.
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