Bill Gates claims AI will wipe out one billion people... unless mankind follows his advice

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Bill Gates says AI without regulation is ‘completely irresponsible'

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Bill Gates has claimed that artificial intelligence has the power to wipe out one billion people in an extreme doomsday warning.The Microsoft co-founder suggested the technology could be exploited to bring humanity close to extinction - and the only way to avert the catastrophe would be to follow his advice on greater regulation."AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths," he told NBC."So even though it's pretty hard to get to 100 per cent [of humanity], there's never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools," he added."I wish it was easier to distinguish good intent, like 'I want to design a new drug for a disease', versus negative intent, which is 'I want to design a tool of bioterrorism'," he added.The tech billionaire has previously warned of existential "threats to humanity", having spent a decade raising the alarm about climate change.Though last year he finally acknowledged last year that...

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B: Bill Gates has claimed that artificial intelligence has the power to wipe out one billion people in an extreme doomsday warning.The Microsoft co-founder suggested the technology could be exploited to bring humanity close to extinction - and the only way to avert the catastrophe would be to follow his advice on greater regulation."AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths," he told NBC."So even though it's pretty hard to get to 100 per cent [of humanity], there's never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools," he added."I wish it was easier to distinguish good intent, like 'I want to design a new drug for a disease', versus negative intent, which is 'I want to design a tool of bioterrorism'," he added.The tech billionaire has previously warned of existential "threats to humanity", having spent a decade raising the alarm about climate change.Though last year he finally acknowledged last year that...