[J_]

Like you said, strong AI would change everything. The richest will be the first to utilize them. Things get scary from that point on.

Unless we massively redistribute wealth, then inequality will arrive at unimaginable levels. It's hard to think of a world where the top 1% owns many multiples of what the bottom 99% owns.

I'm guessing at some point that we'll decide as a species that strong AIs cannot be owned by individuals. I'm guessing that it won't be a smooth transition. Instead, we'll become quasi-communists and fairly evenly distribute gains made by the strong AIs.

Also by "uploading", I'm guessing you mean simulate the human brain? Actually uploading a human consciousness would come a while after the advent of strong AI.

[comboy]

Yes I mean simulating human brain (of course with all advantages of digital form, including increased speed and multiple copies).

I don't think that wealth would matter at all after strong AI.

[itisbiz]

"Like you said, strong AI would change everything. The richest will be the first to utilize them. Things get scary from that point on."

Warrants repeating / highlighting.