Bill Gates essay warns on turbulent AI era: critical choices can't wait
tnk-trade · reddit · 2026-11-11
A Reddit post highlights Bill Gates' Gates Notes essay "A Turbulent AI Era and Critical Choices to Make," arguing AI's benefits (better lives across income levels, supercharged research) come with risks like stunting kids' development and replacing human relationships — and that waiting until people are displaced will be too late. Gates urges making institutional choices on jobs and governance now, framing it as "we won't adapt to AI; it will adapt to us."
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