Sam Altman told me AI should be 'an equalizing force in society.' That's why I'm working on the $1.6 trillion AI gender gap

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Last week, I asked Sam Altman a question that has defined my career. I was sitting in an intimate OpenAI builder town hall with about 50 people when I raised my hand: How can AI be used to solve long-standing economic gaps, like the gender wage gap?

His answer was immediate. AI, he said, should be “an equalizing force in society.”