Bill Gates predicts AI will kill a billion people – but saying he’s been wrong before is quite the understatement | Arwa Mahdawi
TL;DR
He knows a thing or two about tech, but what to make of the views of a man who met Jeffrey Epstein 30 times and couldn’t see what a monster he was? The Bill Gates rehabilitation tour is in full swing. After having his carefully cultivated image tarnished by the revelation of his connection to Jeffrey Epstein, Gates lay low for a while. Now, however, the Microsoft co-founder is once again thrusting himself into the public consciousness, this time with a dire warning about AI.
Nauti's Take
For AI teams, this is primarily a source-quality check: Gates offers a prominent warning, while the report provides no mechanism, timeline, or evidence for the figure. Before changing a safety setup, map concrete harm pathways, misuse scenarios, and control measures instead of treating a dramatic prediction as a risk model.
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