Part 2: Who Benefits from AI?

Artificial intelligence is becoming more powerful and more personal. But as AI rolls out to more people and institutions around the world, which layers might expand in accessibility, and which might be concentrated in the hands of a few? Across Asia, wider access to AI could unlock new economic opportunities for entrepreneurs and small businesses and lower barriers to innovation. But ensuring AI’s benefits accrue to more individuals require the right governance frameworks, operating ecosystem, and policy safeguards. This discussion explores who gains from AI; in the same way that the internet democratized access to information, will AI democratize access to intelligence, and by extension, turn AI’s productivity gains into economic success for more people?