Sharing the AI Boom: Ideas to Spread AI Wealth Across America
The piece surveys a range of ideas for making AI-generated wealth more widely shared in the US, from Bernie Sanders’ call for public ownership to compensation for data contributions, new collective-rights-based unions, and innovative ownership models, alongside traditional tools like higher corporate taxes and antitrust enforcement; experts differ on how to fairly value individual data contributions, how a profit-sharing pool would work, and how to balance public benefit with potential risks and costs amid growing public skepticism about AI’s impact.