Bill Gates: AI is an evolutionary event — we've created a species smarter than us
haider1 · x · 2026-09-29
Bill Gates says AI isn't just a new technology but an evolutionary event: "We've created an intelligent species that's already smarter than us in many ways and will become vastly smarter over the next few years."
He adds that you can't be too focused on accelerating the good while minimizing the truly horrific.
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