How Artificial Intelligence is Creating the Potential for a New Political Cleavage
More on my new obsession on the impact of AI on life, politics, business, and society.
In every major political realignment, there's usually a powerful force reshaping how people live, work, and interact forcing politics to catch up. Industrialization did it. So did the printing press, electricity, the internet, and globalization. But no shift may be as fast, as disruptive, or as politically potent as artificial intelligence.
Me and my team at Abacus Data are spending a lot of time exploring how Canadians feel about AI. And while many are intrigued by its potential, far more are anxious about their jobs, their privacy, and whether our political institutions are ready for what’s coming.
That sense of unease is not just ambient, it’s rising. And it could soon turn AI from a technological issue into a central political dividing line, with consequences for business, policy, and the electoral map.