AI and fairness: who captures the gains and who is bearing the costs?
Who benefits from AI’s economic value?
Much of the discussion around AI focuses on the tasks the technology is replacing. But arguably just as important are the economic questions about competitive advantage: who is capturing the gains, and how widely are they being shared? In this episode of Top of the Agenda, Helen Jenkins is joined by Oxera Partners Dave Jevons and Sebastian Wernicke to explore how AI is changing the structure of firms and markets, who is capturing those productivity gains, whether the benefits are distributed broadly across the economy, and ultimately, who benefits from AI?
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