Bill Gates: tax rules make hiring humans costlier than AI, speeding white-collar replacement
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-11-05
Speaking live on the Financial Times, Bill Gates argued that tax rules effectively charge companies more to hire a person than to buy AI, incentivizing faster replacement of workers. He said that once properly set up — and with rapidly improving versions — it becomes 'very cheap to replace white-collar labor,' and not just in law or consulting but 'every area of the economy.' Full video is on the FT Live YouTube channel.
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