Vinod Khosla: AI Is Accelerating a Shift of Wealth and Power Away From Workers

Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla says artificial intelligence is speeding up a structural transfer of wealth and power away from workers and toward capital owners, the Financial Times reports. Khosla, one of Silicon Valley's most prominent investors and an early AI bull, argues the technology's productivity gains will primarily benefit those who own the systems rather than those who work alongside or are replaced by them. His comments represent a notable departure from the more optimistic framing common among tech investors, who typically emphasize new job creation and rising standards of living. Khosla's position. that AI's default trajectory concentrates economic power rather than distributing it. aligns with growing academic research on labor market disruption and adds a senior voice from inside the technology industry to a debate that has largely been carried by economists and labor advocates.