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Kim Yong-fan, Chief of the Policy Office at the South Korean Presidential Palace, proposed considering establishing a so-called "citizen dividend," funded by the excess profits generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. "The benefits of the era of artificial intelligence infrastructure are not created solely by individual companies but stem from the industrial foundation built by the entire country over the past half century. Therefore, a portion of these profits should be redistributed to all citizens through institutional arrangements," Kim Yong-fan stated in a Facebook post. He also emphasized that the excess profits of the artificial intelligence era have distinct characteristics of concentration: shareholders of storage chip companies, core engineers, and various asset holders are likely to receive substantial returns, while the vast middle class may only feel indirect effects.