Bill Gates
co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, chairman of the Gates Foundation · Microsoft founder · Microsoft co-founder and chair of the Gates Foundation
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“it's stunning that we now don't even have mandatory review of the models, and we're not working to create safeguards.”
“I wish there was a clear proposal that would be globally enforceable to slow down. I would be one of the people who would say, yeah, we should probably do that, but there is no credible proposal that makes that work”
“we've crossed the threshold of capability that this is the by far the most dangerous technology ever invented and it'll have pervasive effects in the economy and how war is fought”
“The notion that liability laws are how we're going to manage AI safety will be looked at back on as kind of absurd.”
“I would hope that models above certain capability that we find a way to require the safeguards and monitoring to be maintained in those models”
“And so the real danger right now is not that AI is getting out of control. We need to work on that, but that's years away in terms of the big impact that might have. It's really bad people using AI, particularly in AI, where you can take out all the safeguards.”
“We put safeguards in to avoid you doing bioterrorism, but, right now, you're allowed to take all those safeguards out. So, when you have bad people, no safeguards, and then the latest models, that's where, over the next year, primarily in the cyber area, we are going to have a lot of negative surprises.”
“When people act like all of humanity is at risk in some imminent way, that is going too far. But, say, compared to cars or planes or drugs, all things that I think we're pleased that we have significant regulatory capability to try and keep people safe, this is more dangerous than any of those.”
“I think, over the next year, we will move beyond self- governance.”
“Until people get their mind around how powerful this is, and, therefore, what it's going to be doing to these jobs, the idea that you need to reserve things for humans may sound bizarre, but, in fact, we will get there, and then we will decide, politically, are there things that we think only humans should be allowed to do?”
“I don't think there's any industry that's ever been as open about their concerns. The imbalance we have is you have a lot of concern in the industry, but then academics, policy makers, politicians, they have far less awareness of how complex and how powerful these tools are.”
“And so as that awareness develops, a lot of policy sophistication will come in. For example, should kids have an emotional relationship with the AI?”
In the Base
Every entry they appear in.
Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?
In an analysis piece, The Guardian's Nick Romeo reports that a federal job guarantee is gaining attention in the US as a response to possible AI-driven job loss. It describes proposals in Congress, a small Cleveland pilot, and economists' arguments on cost.
Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
In a 77-minute interview on The Verge's Decoder, Bill Gates tells Nilay Patel that AI needs government review and safeguards, that control is a lesser near-term worry than misuse and jobs, and that society should expect about two decades of disruption. Gates rejects the label doomer.
Microsoft AI’s CEO on building a human-first AI future | Terms of Service
In a 33-minute interview on CNN's Terms of Service, Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman discusses AI risk, the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident, regulation, AI consciousness, jobs and medicine. Suleyman says companies must prove safety before big training runs and that development should be ready to slow or stop.
Trump intel chief puts AI companies on NOTICE
In a Fox News interview with Lara Trump, Jay Clayton, named in the description as leader of the Super Intelligence Force, says AI developers are responsible for what their products do, describes a 120-day review, and argues for staying ahead of adversaries.
Ben Horowitz: “The most dangerous thing in AI is Anthropic and Bill Gates”
According to the title, this 72-second clip from the All-In Podcast has Ben Horowitz saying that Anthropic and Bill Gates are the most dangerous thing in AI. The description contains only social-media links, so Horowitz's reasoning and the context are not known from the excerpt.
CoreWeave Crash, AI Trade Cracks, Anthropic IPO Red Flags, Bill Gates Doomer
In a 94-minute episode, the All-In hosts and guest Ben Horowitz discuss CoreWeave's debt selloff, reported figures from Anthropic's investor day and two Anthropic blog posts. David Sacks calls Anthropic's warning about small models replicating on smart devices fear-mongering against open source; Horowitz recounts an Opus 4.5 security test and calls Bill Gates's AI warnings irresponsible.
Scoop: "OG" Bill Gates returns to wage war on AI risks
According to the description, Axios reports, citing unnamed sources, that Bill Gates is preparing to expand AI safety advocacy, has consulted AI executives and safety advocates including Dario Amodei, and is considering a major deployment of resources. We could not read the full article.
AI overlords say they want to democratise their technology. Here’s how
In a Guardian opinion piece, Richard Wilson of Iswe Foundation and Clara Long of the Bloom Project argue for citizens' assemblies on AI, from local to a standing global body. They cite a Utah assembly of 38 residents on datacentres and AI, and say assemblies could give governments a mandate for testing and red lines.
Bill Gates calls AI ‘the most dangerous technology’ ever invented
In an interview on CNN's State of the Union, Bill Gates tells Jake Tapper that AI changes the world more than any earlier technology. Gates predicts negative surprises, mainly cyberattacks, within a year, expects government safety groups to take oversight beyond industry self-governance, and says society must decide how to tax AI and which jobs stay human.
CNN Host Asks Bill Gates: Are Tech Leaders Being 'Fully Transparent' About Their Concerns With AI?
In a Forbes Breaking News clip of a Sunday CNN interview, Bill Gates tells Jake Tapper no industry has been as open about its worries as AI's, but academics and policymakers grasp far less. In companion clips, Gates calls AI a bigger change than the PC or internet and says society must decide on taxing AI and preserving human jobs.
When AI is subject to less regulation than your fridge, something is startlingly wrong
In a Guardian opinion piece, Richard Hermer, a Labour peer and former attorney general, argues that AI poses an existential risk and a threat to human agency, that industry self-regulation is not credible, and that international law and public debate are urgently needed.
The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical.
According to the description, Bill Gates proposes a “Human Reserved” domain of roles set aside for people only, and a tax on AI tokens and robots, with the revenue funding retraining and a stronger safety net. Gates expects many jobs, especially entry- and mid-level ones, to disappear forever. The essay is opinion, not research.