The Uncomfortable Truth About Who AI Is Actually Going to Benefit (AI Inequality 2026)

Andrew Miles Davis returns to his most popular talk format for a fourth instalment of the good, the bad, and the ugly of generative AI, this time covering one topic from each category that he thinks deserves more attention. The good makes a case for AI as a creativity booster rather than a creativity killer, drawing on two years of the AI Live show to argue that the people producing the most impressive AI work are experienced creatives adding AI to existing expertise, not replacing it. The bad covers hallucinations and the specific harm caused by AI confidently stating false information in high-stakes areas like law, medicine, and cyber security. The ugly goes to what Andrew considers the most serious long-term issue in the entire AI story, the widening of inequality between individuals, businesses, and entire nations as AI concentrates power and profit in fewer and fewer hands. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for daily ten-minute episodes that give you the full picture, not just the highlights.