Bill Gates: AI is powerful enough to cause a billion deaths
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-29
Bill Gates issued a stark warning on NBC News:
- Billion-death potential: "AI is certainly powerful enough to cause a billion deaths."
- Unprecedented weapon: he called the combination of ill-intentioned people with the latest AI tools a weapon more powerful than any before it.
A notable statement on AI catastrophic risk from a heavyweight figure, with the NBC News video linked.
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