In an exclusive interview, Bill Gates stated that AI has crossed the tipping point in biological capabilities, cyberattack capabilities, psychological and social impacts, the ability to destroy the job market, and even the risk of losing control. He is shocked that there is hardly enough concern and discussion outside the tech industry, so he decided to act as a 'loud alarm' and plans to publish a series of articles.
Gates believes that past limitations on AI, such as capability and reliability, are being solved, and for a significant portion of white-collar jobs, companies can already find alternatives at extremely low cost. He warns that using historical experience to judge this change would be misleading, because AI can enter all industries simultaneously, replacing cognitive labor in a high proportion of jobs at a cost far below human labor.
Gates mentioned that even if the U.S. stopped building all data centers, it would not change the problem, because data centers would continue to be built elsewhere globally. He criticized that protesting data centers is not the best starting point for discussing how to reduce the negative impacts of AI.