Shocking Bill Gates Warning
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In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism. Bill Gates is the latest in a string of tech luminaries to call out the risks of artificial intelligence.Credit..
Bill Gates helped put a computer on nearly every desk. Now, the Microsoft co-founder is warning that artificial intelligence could leave many of those desks empty. "Many jobs will disappear forever," Gates wrote in a sweeping new essay (1) about the risks and opportunities created by AI.
“I never took a day off in my 20s. Not one,” Gates once said, a remark that has since become one of the clearest summaries of the intensity that defined the first stage of his career.
William Henry "Bill" Gates III (born 28 October 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates is the former chief executive and chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.