Bill Gates says the dangers of artificial intelligence are more serious than what tech companies claim
Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, warned that the tech industry downplays the risks associated with the rapid development of artificial intelligence, and addressing these threats should become one of the main priorities for world leaders.
In an interview with the New York Times, Gates cited widespread unemployment and the misuse of artificial intelligence for bioterrorism as some of the most significant risks of this technology, and said that recent advancements in AI have even exceeded his expectations.
He believes that unlike past technological revolutions, it cannot be assured that AI will create new job opportunities equal to the jobs it eliminates. To mitigate this outcome, he suggested imposing a token tax on the use of AI so that replacing human labor with machines becomes more costly.
Gates also proposed that certain jobs, especially those related to human care activities, be designated as human-reserved jobs and exempted from complete replacement by AI.
He warned about the application of AI in producing pathogens and called for the drafting of international regulations and agreements to control systems capable of aiding in the creation of dangerous molecules or pandemic-causing agents.
Gates emphasized that relying on self-regulation by tech companies to manage such risks is not sufficient, and he stated his intention to encourage world leaders to pay more serious attention to the dangers of artificial intelligence in his discussions with them.
