# AI Growth Can Expand Output While Dividing the Population by Emad Mostaque > The real danger of 15 percent annual GDP growth driven by AI is economic bifurcation: the output can expand spectacularly while the population divides according to who works, who uses AI, who owns AI infrastructure, and who is excluded. > **— Adapted from Emad Mostaque**, *Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Recording or publication:** [Impact Theory at 39:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM&t=2347s) — The poster text is explicitly labeled as an adaptation of the complete argument beginning at the linked timecode; it must not be represented as verbatim speech. - **Reconciled source dossier:** [[research/AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit|AI Is Now So Good They Will Pay You to Quit]] — preserves transcript order, speaker attribution, editorial conventions, and the surrounding argument from which this Reminder was promoted. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Emad Mostaque|Emad Mostaque]] - [[wiki/AI Economic Bifurcation|AI Economic Bifurcation]] - [[wiki/AI Capital Ownership|AI Capital Ownership]] ## Share on Social Media ``` The real danger of 15 percent annual GDP growth driven by AI is economic bifurcation: the output can expand spectacularly while the population divides according to who works, who uses AI, who owns AI infrastructure, and who is excluded. — Adapted from Emad Mostaque, Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-emad-mostaque-ai-growth-expand-output-while-dividing ```