This answer was responding to a question about smaller countries competing against China, the US, and larger countries in AI. “The rich” here refers to the richer countries, not people in general.
Please read/listen to the link before commenting on out of context sections.
Again, the question was about competition in the ecosystem, not some kind of class warfare thing. He was describing the reality of it, not making a justification. He then went on to describe how other places aren’t allocating the resources that China and the Us are.
The way you framed it, which implies that you didn’t actually watch the video, is that Schmidt was making a comment justifying the rich dominating the poor. It was no such thing.
> The fact of the matter is this is a rich country's game, right?
You heard it straight from the wolves mouth folks, don't act surprise when they bite.