Washington (USA), 27 August (LaPresse) – Bill Gates has issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence, calling for the creation of international institutions to regulate the new technology and warning of the risk of mass unemployment, cyber-attacks and bioterrorism should world leaders fail to prepare adequately for the transition. “If anyone had a credible plan to slow down the progress of AI globally, I would probably support it,” wrote the Microsoft co-founder on Gates Notes, his personal blog. “However, I don’t think that will happen. The geopolitical and economic incentives are pushing too hard to move full steam ahead,” said Gates. The warning comes at a time when Americans are harbouring growing mistrust of AI and the massive data centres that power this technology. In opinion polls, the majority of Americans believe the government should regulate AI more strictly, but the Trump administration has instead embraced an approach that is very favourable to the industry’s giants. For Gates, “the top priority is a monumental task: creating a national and international regulatory framework to address artificial intelligence”. According to the Microsoft magnate, “none of our current institutions were designed to handle a technology that is spreading so rapidly and influencing so many aspects of our lives. So we will have to create new ones”.
US: Bill Gates sounds the alarm over AI: ‘We need an international governing body’
Washington (USA), 27 August (LaPresse) – Bill Gates has issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence, calling for the creation of international institutions to regulate the new technology and warning of the risk of mass unemployment, cyber-attacks and bioterrorism should world leaders fail to prepare adequately for the transition. “If anyone had a credible plan to slow down the progress of AI globally, I would probably support it,” wrote the Microsoft co-founder on Gates Notes, his personal blog. “However, I don’t think that will happen. The geopolitical and economic incentives are pushing too hard to move full steam ahead,” said Gates. The warning comes at a time when Americans are harbouring growing mistrust of AI and the massive data centres that power this technology. In opinion polls, the majority of Americans believe the government should regulate AI more strictly, but the Trump administration has instead embraced an approach that is very favourable to the industry’s giants. For Gates, “the top priority is a monumental task: creating a national and international regulatory framework to address artificial intelligence”. According to the Microsoft magnate, “none of our current institutions were designed to handle a technology that is spreading so rapidly and influencing so many aspects of our lives. So we will have to create new ones”.