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Bill Gates said people need to prepare for the two decades of disruptive change that AI will bring. In an interview on The Verge's Decoder podcast, he said this roughly 20-year period of AI disruption could be very painful and might even split society into two parts: those close to the technological frontier and those who reject it. He noted that over the past year, AI has made astonishing progress in writing code, discovering network vulnerabilities, reasoning in biology, and disrupting the job market, and that the transition period will have losers and winners before a prosperous era arrives. He also said that in an article in late August he had already stated that even under the best-case scenario, the transition to the new AI era will be one of the most turbulent periods in human history, and he believes that current policy responses and industry coordination are insufficient to address the risks; the biggest near-term risk comes from models whose safeguards can all be removed.
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Bill Gates: People need to prepare for the two decades of disruptive change brought by AI
In an interview with The Verge, Bill Gates said that people need to prepare for the two decades of disruptive change brought by AI, and that this period could be very painful and may even split society into two camps: those willing to embrace cutting-edge technology and those who reject it. He said that over the past year, AI's progress in writing code, discovering network vulnerabilities, biological reasoning, and disrupting the job market has been astonishing, and he believes there will be losers and winners during the transition before a prosperous era arrives.
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Bill Gates: Prepare for roughly 20 years of "turbulent" AI disruption
In an interview on the Decoder podcast, Bill Gates said people need to prepare for roughly 20 years of AI disruption, a period that could be so painful that society splits into two parts: those close to the technological frontier and those who reject it. In an article in late August, he previously said that even under the best-case scenario, the transition to a new AI era will be one of the most turbulent periods in human history, and he believes current policy responses and industry coordination are insufficient to address the risks. He also pointed out that the biggest near-term risk comes from models whose safeguards can all be removed.