One of the most important questions people are asking about artificial intelligence is whether smarter and more intelligent AI will make the world more unequal, widening the gap between the rich or poor, or if it will eventually help lift everyone up. Will rich countries pull even further ahead of poorer ones? Will a small group of people and companies get most of the gains while everyone else struggles? We must examine this issue from both the short-term and long-term perspectives. Right now, t
