Shanghai Forum 2026丨Yoo Chandong: AI Can Exacerbate the Intelligence Divide, But Also Serve as an Equalizer for the Global South
Yoo Chandong, Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, KAIST. AI is transitioning from a passive inference tool to an active autonomous agent, exacerbating the “intelligence divide” between the Global North and South. The Global North, with only 25% of the worlds population, controls 80% of global income and monopolizes GPU compute clusters and top-tier AI researchers.
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