What scares people about AI isn’t just how fast it’s moving — it’s how quickly speed can harden into permanent power.

In this episode of Catholic Futurist, Benjamin Crockett speaks with Sr. Nancy Usselmann, FSP, about the growing concern that artificial intelligence could consolidate control, influence, and opportunity into the hands of a small group — creating a super-elite that others may never be able to catch up to.

Timestamps:
0:00 - The Church’s Mandate for AI
1:10 - Ethics, Equity, and Silicon Valley
2:30 - Why Gen Z is “Checking Out” of Tech
6:12 - Using Magisterium AI vs. ChatGPT
8:30 - Evangelization in a Digital Age
13:10 - The Risk of AI Relationships

The conversation examines how rapid AI development, combined with cost, infrastructure, and ownership, shapes who gains early advantages — and how those advantages can quickly become structural and difficult to reverse.

Drawing on real examples from media, education, and evangelization, they discuss:
• how speed amplifies existing inequalities
• why access matters more than raw intelligence
• how early advantages compound into long-term control
• and what it means to intervene before power solidifies