Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, in an interview whose full text will soon be broadcast on the program “Meet the Press,” warned about a future in which artificial intelligence could lead to the destruction of humanity.
According to ITNA, Gates, who until now had been known as one of the most optimistic figures in the technology industry about the future of technology, has in recent months repeatedly sounded the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence.
These new remarks come as technology leaders and government bodies continue to seek ways to manage concerns about catastrophic scenarios caused by artificial intelligence.
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Gates, in conversation with Kristen Welker, the host of “Meet the Press,” which is set to air on Sunday, said that artificial intelligence is powerful enough to produce events that could lead to the death of one billion people.
Based on excerpts NBC released on Friday, he emphasized that although reaching such a scenario is not entirely simple, the combination of people with malicious intent and advanced AI tools can be considered the most powerful weapon that has ever existed.
According to Axios, Bill Gates in a letter published in August described artificial intelligence as a technology whose impact is almost incomparable to any other technology in history.
In that note he wrote that AI could either be the greatest equalizing tool in history or the worst source of injustice, and at the current pace and speed, the likelihood of an overall negative outcome is very high.
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According to Gates, governments and political parties must cooperate with one another as soon as possible to find a way to prevent AI from getting out of control.