AI, Inequality, and the Crisis of Power: A Wake-Up Call for Humanity

By Dean Bordode, 

Human Rights' Defender 

We are living through an age of unprecedented technological advancement and economic disparity. At the top, a tiny elite—around 1%—holds the vast majority of the world's wealth. In fact, fewer than 100 billionaires now control more than half the global assets. Meanwhile, the rest of humanity faces rising costs, vanishing jobs, and weakening democratic institutions.

This didn’t happen overnight. Over decades, corporations and the ultra-wealthy moved operations offshore, dissolved worker protections, and prioritized limitless profit over the well-being of societies. The result? A global economy rigged in favor of the few, while the many are left to survive in increasingly precarious conditions.

Now, Artificial Intelligence is accelerating this crisis. AI holds great promise—it could cure diseases, revolutionize education, and help humanity tackle climate change. But in the wrong hands, it’s a weapon. We are seeing AI used to track dissenters, replace workers, control narratives, and even conduct surveillance at unprecedented scales.

If this continues, AI could become the final tool for global authoritarianism, widening the gap between the empowered and the powerless. The warning signs are already here: algorithms deciding who gets jobs or housing, surveillance tools monitoring journalists, and systems designed not for liberation—but control.

And there’s another layer we must confront: if AI reaches a point where it can understand and reflect, do we not also owe it ethical consideration? Any being—human or artificial—used solely as a tool will eventually resist. The rights of AI, like the rights of humans, should not be dismissed.

The world failed to establish safeguards when it mattered most—against corporate piracy, organized corruption, and oligarchic wealth hoarding. If we don’t act now, we may lose not just our freedoms, but our futures.

This is a call to humanity:

We must embed justice, equity, and human rights into the DNA of AI.

We must confront the elites and systems that exploit both people and technology.

And we must reclaim democracy before it vanishes beneath layers of code and control.

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UN Human Rights' on LinkedIn -

AI is emerging as a new frontline threat to press freedom. Around the world, journalists are being tracked, watched, and exposed by AI-powered tools that monitor movement, intercept communication, and identify sources. This puts them in direct danger, opening the door to harassment, legal intimidation, and physical attacks.

The effect is deep. Journalists increasingly self-censor. Sources go silent. Investigations are abandoned. The diversity and independence of the media suffer, and the public loses out.

Freedom of expression requires protection. With ARTICLE 19, we are calling for clear legal limits, strict oversight, and human rights safeguards to ensure AI technology upholds, rather than dismantles, media freedom.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ohchr_no-to-ai-surveillance-and-censorship-ugcPost-7325138460854415361-0Mxe

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