AI Boom's Extreme Wealth Divide Leaves Tech Workers Behind

The rapid concentration of AI wealth in just ~10,000 people at companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Nvidia has created an unprecedented divide in outcomes, with most engineers facing deep career uncertainty and questioning their professional value. This extreme inequality is spreading malaise across the entire tech industry as workers struggle with layoffs and confused career prospects in an AI-dominated future. The cruel irony: the same technology that created lottery-ticket opportunities is simultaneously threatening to replace traditional technical careers.