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What will generative AI mean for the racial wealth gap? – Center for Public Integrity

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Tech shifts have a history of keeping Black and other groups at the bottom of economic opportunities. Will generative AI be different?

Reading Time: 5 minutes Kelcey Gibbons, a doctoral student who studies African Americans in technology and the Black middle class, is not quite sure what she makes of generative artificial intelligence and how it might impact the racial wealth gap. Gibbons anticipates that generative AI will force organizations to rethink which skills matter in the workplace, aggravating existing inequalities without a strong emphasis on access and education. It could also become a scapegoat for why disadvantaged groups struggle with upward mobility. Whether it narrows the racial wealth gap will depend on part

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