00:00A massive warning sign is coming out of Asia right now.
00:03Some countries are drowning in an energy crisis.
00:06But at the exact same time,
00:08their tech companies are becoming richer than ever.
00:11In South Korea, people are being told to save energy.
00:15Inflation is rising.
00:16And fuel prices are exploding.
00:19Yet companies like Samsung and SK Henix
00:21are reporting record profits.
00:23And stock markets are hitting all-time highs.
00:26Why?
00:27Because AI is creating a new kind of economy.
00:30One side is powered by semiconductors
00:32and trillion-dollar tech investments.
00:34The other side is struggling to afford oil and basic energy.
00:39Experts call it a K-shaped economy,
00:41where the rich and powerful industries keep climbing.
00:44While everyone else falls behind,
00:46Asia depends heavily on Middle Eastern oil.
00:48And the ongoing Iran conflict
00:50has pushed fuel prices to dangerous levels.
00:53Countries with strong AI and chip industries are surviving.
00:56But nations without them
00:58are getting crushed by inflation and shortages.
01:02Economists warn this divide could spread across the world,
01:05including the United States.
01:07Because if wealth keeps concentrating in AI giants,
01:11while ordinary people face rising living costs,
01:13the global economy could become permanently split in two.
01:17And that may be the biggest warning of all.
01:19And that may be the greatest environmental field
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