Asked this question in a recently concluded poll, IEET readers could not agree on an answer. Close to 30% said Less, close to 30% said More, and about the same amount said Neither.

Will transformative new technologies — genetics, robotics, AI, nanotech, etc. — lead to MORE equality among humans, or LESS equality?

Here are some of the “Other” answers that were submitted:

• Transhumanism will be outlawed so it matters little.
• Neither, because they are all just tools for people who are either smart or dumb.
• They may lead toward equality and less fighting each other over our planet resources.
• I hope everybody will have enough to eat and a decent place to live.
• This depends on the success of social struggle in the coming decades.
• More, because an AI singleton will enforce it.
• Arrogance and exploitation will always be factors.
• First more, then less.
• It depends on the process and people behind it.