AI Will Not Make You Rich

Jerry Neumann argues AI's value will flow to consumers and downstream knowledge-service adopters, not to model builders, app startups, or even infrastructure investors.

• Two historical analogs: Jerry Neumann contrasts the microprocessor/PC wave (thousands of newly rich founders and investors) with 1950s-70s shipping containerization (only Malcolm McLean and investor Daniel Ludwig got meaningfully rich).
• AI resembles containerization, not the PC: unlike the 1970s PC's slow, surprise-free adoption, AI triggered instant competitive entry, immediate government/media scrutiny, and zero period of protected profits for innovators.

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