Mark Halperin

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I've got friends who work in AI.

One in particular I hope to have on the show soon.

And I have been consumed for the last several months with

haves versus the have-nots we already live in a world in a country and in a world where the gap between the haves and the have-nots is so pronounced uh income inequality uh life life possibility inequality america is supposed to be the land of opportunity for everyone it still is more than any country that's ever existed you can grow up poor and and make yourself successful uh in all sorts of ways including making a lot of money

AI has the potential to exacerbate the haves and the have-nots because to use AI as a powerful tool to advance, grow a business, to be successful in your life requires intellect and it requires time and focus and accumulation of knowledge.

And I see so many sophisticated people who have no clue what's going on, have no clue about how to use it.

And if you're not a sophisticated, wealthy, well-educated person and you're busy, you're working two jobs, you don't have time to sit at a computer on your phone and play with AI.

you're in danger of falling behind.

But even if you're a wealthy person, even if you're a super sophisticated person, you're in danger of falling behind.

And I don't mean this in a pejorative way.

I'm not saying the people who are in danger now are stupid or ignorant or lazy.

They just haven't caught on to the notion of what it takes to be part of this revolution.

So I was watching Squawk Box the other day on CNBC.

Incredible show.

Joe Kernan, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Becky was off.

They were talking about AI kind of spontaneously.

And this conversation to me was so representative of what so many people have as their attitude towards AI.