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Bill Gates Calls for Taxes on AI and Robots to Protect Jobs for Humans
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates warned on Aug. 26 that artificial intelligence (AI) will permanently eliminate many white- and blue-collar jobs and called for taxes on AI and robots along with protections reserving certain jobs for humans.
TL;DR
- Bill Gates warns that AI will permanently eliminate many white- and blue-collar jobs.
- He proposes taxes on AI tokens and robots to slow job displacement and fund worker retraining.
- Gates suggests reserving certain jobs for humans, such as medical diagnoses and mental health care.
- AI could increase risks of fraud, cyberattacks, and disinformation.
- Despite dangers, AI could accelerate medical research, improve diagnoses, and expand education.
- U.S. Rep. Greg Casar supports taxing AI and introduced a bill to do so.
- Adam Michel of the Cato Institute argues that technology investment augments, not replaces, work, and taxing capital would slow progress.
- Oren Etzioni believes Gates's solutions are mostly wrong, proposing AI literacy and moving workers to caregiving instead of token taxes.