In a new commentary piece for Fortune, CEO Jim Shelton argues that AI’s greatest opportunity isn’t just increasing productivity—it’s expanding economic mobility.
“Staving off a devastating economic shock will require a sweeping effort on multiple fronts to prepare people for the jobs that will exist in a fast-changing economy, to lower the cost of a decent existence, and to reinvent safety nets built for a different era. It will require investment in new approaches to education and training.
That should grab funders and policymakers. We have built moonshots before. The WPA in the Depression. The Marshall Plan. The space program. The polio vaccine. Each required the discipline to face brutal facts honestly and the faith that we could prevail in the end. We are in that kind of moment now.”