Fear and Loathing Among the Haves and Have Mores in San Francisco
The gold-rush city’s vibe has turned angry as the AI boom creates a new K-shaped economy
By Tim Higgins
San Francisco is a place with an already striking wealth gap. And it’s in the early stages of what could become a unique K-shaped divide between the haves and have-mores of AI.
The recent attack on Sam Altman’s San Francisco mansion is the starkest example of this.
Some in the AI field have long talked privately about the potential social uprising that could occur around the technology, especially given the potential power it has to reshape our lives. Already, the issue of AI is generating populist concerns at the fringes of political parties and creating new, larger economic divides.
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