Kyle Bylin writes: “Access to the artificial intelligence (AI) future is already uneven. Students at well-resourced institutions will accumulate material advantages that will harden into an intelligence gap layered atop the long-standing digital divide. First came unequal broadband. Then uneven digital literacy—the skills to find, vet, and interpret information online. Now we face a third divide: differential access to collaborative intelligence—the ability to work fluidly with advanced AI systems, evaluate outputs, orchestrate multi-tool workflows, and build domain insight faster than peers. University libraries cannot afford to remain passive as this shift accelerates.”