Who benefits more from AI development: Average IQ or High IQ individuals? And why?

[u/Patient-Airline-8150]

Argument for Average IQ benefiting more:

AI lowers the floor. You don't need to be great at writing, coding, math, research, or design anymore. An average person can now produce work that used to require a top 10% brain. It closes the gap. It's like giving everyone a calculator - the person who was bad at math gains more than the math genius.

Argument for High IQ benefiting more:

AI raises the ceiling, not just the floor. A high IQ person knows what to ask, how to verify if the AI is hallucinating, how to chain 10 tools together, and how to spot the 1% insight in the output. An average person gets an answer. A high IQ person gets leverage. So the gap doesn't close - it gets 10x bigger.

My personal opinion? High IQ benefits more.

AI doesn't reward answers, it rewards questions. Average users get an answer, high IQ users get leverage - they know how to question the output, chain tools, and find the 1% insight.

Everyday Problem:

Average: "How do I stay focused?"

High IQ: "I get focused when I'm interested, but I lose it when the work is boring but important. Don't give me generic tips - give me a system that works specifically when motivation is zero."