Bill Gates

So they're helping direct them so they'll use their open-mindedness to do different things and try and make that come out well. And I think that's worth trying.

Yeah, we've been the shining light of not only being a democracy ourselves and having political opponents respect each other and work well together, but also saying that even though we're in this very powerful position, we won't abuse that position. And, okay, if we allowed ourselves, you know, to let other people spend too little on some things, you know, there's a balance there.

Yeah, we've been the shining light of not only being a democracy ourselves and having political opponents respect each other and work well together, but also saying that even though we're in this very powerful position, we won't abuse that position. And, okay, if we allowed ourselves, you know, to let other people spend too little on some things, you know, there's a balance there.

But if you become too much of a bully and you're not keeping democracy, which, you know, requires reducing the polarization and bridging some of these divides, that's a

But if you become too much of a bully and you're not keeping democracy, which, you know, requires reducing the polarization and bridging some of these divides, that's a

Democracy is a fragile concept, and particularly at a time when AI is coming along, and the government will have to play a strong role in saying, okay, these jobs have been lost, but we're more productive overall, and therefore, here's how we help those people. You know, how do we keep AI as a primarily beneficial thing versus a thing that bad people use and it messes up these job markets?

Democracy is a fragile concept, and particularly at a time when AI is coming along, and the government will have to play a strong role in saying, okay, these jobs have been lost, but we're more productive overall, and therefore, here's how we help those people. You know, how do we keep AI as a primarily beneficial thing versus a thing that bad people use and it messes up these job markets?

I expect the 2020 presidential debate, AI policies will be the most important thing. And I was a little bit surprised. In this election, that wasn't discussed hardly at all.

I expect the 2020 presidential debate, AI policies will be the most important thing. And I was a little bit surprised. In this election, that wasn't discussed hardly at all.

Well, you've got to educate everyone. You know, you can't count on the technologists to shape these things. You know, social networking, we're still arguing about what the policy should be and, you know, the fact that algorithms reward outrageous things that even if they're not at all factual, and AI heightens all of that.

Well, you've got to educate everyone. You know, you can't count on the technologists to shape these things. You know, social networking, we're still arguing about what the policy should be and, you know, the fact that algorithms reward outrageous things that even if they're not at all factual, and AI heightens all of that.

And, you know, this is an era where getting the politicians to see the technology, including all this good stuff, personal tutors, better medical care, even making the government more efficient, you know, this is the most promising set of tools because bureaucratic paperwork, you know, AIs actually are pretty darn good at at reading and processing those kinds of things.

And, you know, this is an era where getting the politicians to see the technology, including all this good stuff, personal tutors, better medical care, even making the government more efficient, you know, this is the most promising set of tools because bureaucratic paperwork, you know, AIs actually are pretty darn good at at reading and processing those kinds of things.

So, you know, we're on the precipice of these AI breakthroughs, the reliability and capabilities. You know, it's kind of an extension of what I worked on as a child, you know, personal computers, then internet, then cell phones, and now AI. But it's because it's super intelligence, it's of a different character. And it'll put us to the test on... how we work together within the U.S.

So, you know, we're on the precipice of these AI breakthroughs, the reliability and capabilities. You know, it's kind of an extension of what I worked on as a child, you know, personal computers, then internet, then cell phones, and now AI. But it's because it's super intelligence, it's of a different character. And it'll put us to the test on... how we work together within the U.S.

and how countries work together.

and how countries work together.

You know, this whole thing of how you balance free speech versus not, you know, discouraging people from using vaccines when that would be beneficial for them or... even extreme stuff like Holocaust denial or some bad things there. I'm a little bit disappointed that my generation hasn't

You know, this whole thing of how you balance free speech versus not, you know, discouraging people from using vaccines when that would be beneficial for them or... even extreme stuff like Holocaust denial or some bad things there. I'm a little bit disappointed that my generation hasn't

got a clear prescription to how we achieve both the goals, free speech and yet reasonable discourse that's not misleading people. I mean, during the pandemic, the negativity about vaccines, some of which had me being some weird misbehaving actor, which was a lot of craziness, clearly over a million people died who should have benefited from the vaccine.