When Bill Gates says anything about the future of technology, people tend to take notes. After all, Gates has correctly predicted everything from digital assistants to online payments and remote work years before they became mainstream.His latest warning is just as bold. Gates recently suggested that artificial intelligence will eventually automate most jobs, leaving only a handful of careers — including programmers, biologists, energy experts and even professional athletes — as relatively safe.Maybe he's right.But history suggests there's another possibility: even one of the greatest technology visionaries of our time doesn't always see the future clearly.Before you decide whether Gates' latest AI prediction deserves your trust, it's worth looking back at some of his biggest forecasting misses.1. Spam would disappear within two years In 2004, Gates predicted spam would become "a thing of the past" thanks to better authentication systems and new anti-spam technology. Microsoft invested heavily in solving the problem.And if you've spent any amount of time online recently, you already know that spam has never disappeared. It actually evolved. Today we have AI-generated phishing emails, business email compromise attacks and increasingly convincing scams filling inboxes every day.Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips.Verdict: Wrong.2. Tablet PCs would become the future of computing