Dr. Gil Feiler
Artificial intelligence can make work faster. Whether it makes life better depends on who captures the gain. A worker may produce more and earn no more. A small business may save time while its platform raises fees. A country may attract investment while households struggle to pay for housing, education and care. In Who Gets Rich in the Age of AI, economist and investor Dr Gil Feiler follows the money from the workplace to the household. Drawing on original research, official statistics and congressional and parliamentary evidence, he examines how skills, ownership, competition and public institutions shape the rewards of technological change. The book moves beyond a single Silicon Valley story. Its examples span North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, asking why similar tools can have very different consequences in different economies. Along the way, it examines the changing price of expertise, the future of entry-level work, children’s education, the position of small firms, infrastructure ownership and household financial security. Written for readers making practical decisions amid uncertain forecasts, it offers a disciplined way to ask what to learn, what to invest in a business, what to expect from institutions and how to prepare a family for change. The central question is simple: when a task becomes cheaper, who becomes better off?
