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The document discusses the emergence of a new digital divide, termed 'Digital Divide 2.0', driven by advancements in AI, quantum computing, and 5G technology, which exacerbate existing social inequalities. Key stakeholders include public authorities, tech companies, advocacy groups, and educational institutions, all of whom play a role in addressing technological inequality. Proposed solutions involve establishing global technology redistribution funds and open-source innovation hubs to promote equitable access to advanced technologies in developing regions.

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Buron Humolli Assignment 1

The document discusses the emergence of a new digital divide, termed 'Digital Divide 2.0', driven by advancements in AI, quantum computing, and 5G technology, which exacerbate existing social inequalities. Key stakeholders include public authorities, tech companies, advocacy groups, and educational institutions, all of whom play a role in addressing technological inequality. Proposed solutions involve establishing global technology redistribution funds and open-source innovation hubs to promote equitable access to advanced technologies in developing regions.

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Buron Humolli

Assignment 1
Tech.Innovation and Public Policy
02.06.2025

Shattered Futures: The Silent War of Technological Inequality and the Battle for a Just
Digital World

Advanced technology developments of artificial intelligence and quantum computing and


5G networking create a fresh digital divide that appeared in the present technological landscape.
Advanced technology distributions form an updated digital divide since these innovative
resources now function as basic elements for economic development and innovative progress.
Computers and other digital advances are doing for mental power the ability to use our brains
to understand and shape our environments what the steam engine and its descendants did for
muscle power. They’re allowing us to blow past previous limitations and taking us into new
territory (Brynjolfson & McAfee pg.11). Technology and innovation policy faces a crucial issue
because it heightens existing social gaps while limiting worldwide partnerships while preventing
some communities from achieving technological advancements. The promise of technological
advancement will exist solely as a private benefit for select groups until equal opportunities for
technology are established.

Background;
In the late 20th century the digital divide emerged when nations with higher development
levels showed different internet access capabilities from less developed countries. The Industrial
Revolution ushered in humanity’s first machine age the first time our progress was driven
primarily by technological innovation and it was the most profound time of transformation our
world has ever seen (Brynjolfson & McAfee pg. 10). Modern technological developments have
established "Digital Divide 2.0" which extends beyond internet connection differences because it
includes exclusive access to powerful innovations such as AI along with blockchain and
biotechnology. The World Economic Forum issued findings in 2023 which demonstrate that AI
research is mainly dominated by three nations including the United States and China together
with the United Kingdom as they control 70% of worldwide AI research. The control of
advanced technology has led to an unbalanced innovation landscape in which developing
countries find it hard to pursue equality with the leaders of technological development.
History shows through the Green Revolution that when technology is not evenly
distributed it adds to worldwide inequalities. The present technological inequality threatens to
exclude major geographical regions from accessing modern technology benefits. The studies of
academic authors including van Dijk (2020) and Ragnedda (2018) prove that digital divides

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amplify existing social inequalities according to their research alongside reports from the United
Nations and OECD focus on the role of digital gaps toward achieving Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs). The world faces critical risks since unequal technology access likely will generate
wider differences that might lead to economic and social destabilization.

The key stakeholders in this issue include:


1. Public authorities together with government officials develop policies for technology equality
access as their fundamental responsibility.
2. Private Tech Companies refer to firms which include Google, Microsoft and Huawei that
develop new advanced technologies as well as their distribution networks.
3. Digital equality advocacy groups such as the World Wide Web Foundation and the Digital
Divide Institute work as part of the NGO community.
4. Educational Institutions comprise research centers alongside universities that produce
technology innovation and teach students who become technology professionals for the future.
5. The digital divide most heavily affecting underdeveloped populations and minority groups
located in underdeveloped regions across the world.

Possible Solutions:
1. Global Technology Redistribution Funds should operate as international funds which
combine private corporate and wealthy nation financial backing to subsidize advanced
technology implementation in developing regions. If we had to give an example how such an
approach builds from successful models we can give the example of Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria which successfully mobilized resources for global health initiatives.
2. Open-Source Innovation Hubs serve as decentralized international platforms which enable
world-class researchers and innovators to collaborate on advanced technological developments.
The open-source framework shown through OpenAI’s GPT models proves how these
frameworks empower people to use advanced tools without barriers.

The issue of the Digital Divide 2.0 is a priority challenge to the fair benefits that
technological progress could bring. By finding ways to resolve this rift through creative policy,
the world can prevent emerging technology from serving as a basis for split rather than unity.
The fairness of this problem is not an issue of fairness, it is a requisite for sustainable innovation
and global stability.

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References;
1. —SDG Indicators. (n.d.). Retrieved February 6, 2025, from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/

2. Global Risks Report 2023. (n.d.). World Economic Forum. Retrieved February 6, 2025, from

https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2023/

3. (PDF) The Third Digital Divide: A Weberian Approach to Digital Inequalities. (n.d.).

ResearchGate. Retrieved February 6, 2025, from

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309733696_The_Third_Digital_Divide_A_Weberian_

Approach_to_Digital_Inequalities

4. Brynjolfsson, E., & McAfee, A. (2014). The second machine age: Work, progress, and prosperity

in a time of brilliant technologies (First). W. W. Norton & Company.

https://go.exlibris.link/JcnFCwtY

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