Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
TL;DR
Today, I’m talking to Bill Gates, cofounder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months, ever since publishing an essay in late August titled “The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical.
Nauti's Take
For a small team, Gates’s timeline offers a useful control check: Which AI workflows currently touch customer data without clear permissions, an off switch, or an audit trail? Start by mapping access, data flows, and a manual fallback.
That turns a sweeping forecast into an operational question you can answer this week.
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