Garry Kasparov

AI as the New Baseline Advantage

Then there’s the social implication: AI proficiency becomes a form of literacy. Just as spreadsheet skills once separated analysts from everyone else, AI-assisted workflows can separate teams that move quickly from those that struggle to keep up. This can widen gaps inside organizations and across society if access and training are uneven. Kasparov’s statement therefore doubles as a policy and management challenge: if leaders want resilience, they must treat AI fluency as a broadly taught skill rather than a niche advantage held by a few early adopters. [...]