From left: Maroš Šefčovič and Bill Gates, 2023. Image: European Commission/ Ryan LIM
‘The operative word is ‘can’. AI can improve life for people…but it won’t do that automatically,’ says Gates.
In a thinly-veiled warning, Bill Gates says that AI is here to cause economic upheaval; and the overarching forces of capitalism are accelerating the pace at which it is heading our way.
Gates, in a lengthy blog post today (26 August) lists out why the AI revolution is incomparable to previous technological breakthroughs, how it could stunt our development, render widespread unemployment and better arm bad actors.
“AI will either be the greatest equaliser ever invented, or the worst source of injustice,” he says. What it does depends on how we transition into the AI era.
