Bill Gates has issued a grim warning for the future of artificial intelligence, as the tech mogul said experts aren't doing enough to keep it out of the wrong hands.
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Discussing the fears surrounding AI with CNN on Sunday, Gates said he believes there is a 'middle ground' for safeguarding the rapidly-evolving technology but humanity hasn't found it yet.
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'Just as we regulate planes, cars, and medicines, we need safeguards that help us realize AI's incredible potential while reducing the risks,' the Microsoft co-founder wrote on X.
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They won’t eliminate every harm, but they can help prevent misuse by bad actors.
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We’re not where we need to be yet - and this deserves much more of our attention.'
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CNN's Jake Tapper began by saying Gates had warned that AI could make it 'much easier for bad actors to develop deadly bioweapons.'
'You said the risk of having a bioterrorist attack is now fifty times the risk of a natural pandemic,' he continued, before asking Gates, 'how soon do you think that nightmare scenario could happen...
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are our leaders doing enough to make sure that does not happen?'
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'Well, no, we're not doing enough.
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The front that we'll probably see most dramatically in the next year is cyber attacks,' Gates said.
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'The real danger right now is not that AI's getting out of control, we need to work on that but that's years away in terms of the big impact that might have.'
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CNN's Jake Tapper recalled Bill Gates warning that AI could make it 'much easier for bad actors to develop deadly bioweapons' as Gates believes 'we're not doing enough'
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Gates said he believes there is a 'middle ground' for safeguarding the rapidly-evolving technology but humanity hasn't found it yet
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It's really bad people using AI.. particularly where you can take out all the safeguards... when you have bad people, no safeguards, and then the latest models - that's where over the next year... we are going to have a lot of negative surprises.
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Tapper went on to ask the tech billionaire if he was 'falling into the trap of doomerism' after Gates' comments describing AI as 'the most dangerous thing ever that makes nuclear weapons look like nothing.
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'Well, all responsible AI leaders - including Sam Atlman, including Dario Amode - they are telling the world, "this is very concerning,"' Gates responded.
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He clarified that, while certain fears have been stoked to more dramatic and more unlikely scenarios, 'compared to cars or planes or drugs - all things that I think we're pleased that we have significant regulatory capability to try and keep people safe - this is more dangerous than any of those.'
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'There are some grim possibilities if we don't maintain control, and I do think the industry is doing its job to raise the alarm bell.
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But this idea that if we're judicious, we can minimize these risks.
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Maybe that's not coming across, particularly because the government sometimes goes to the extreme of "let's not have any safeguards" or "let's completely stop this."
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'You know, finding that middle ground like we did with planes and cars and medicines.
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That we don't have a lot of sophistication right now, but I do believe that middle ground exists.'
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Gates' latest warning over artificial intelligence follows a slew of AI experts and leaders issuing similar chilling sentiments as the technology continues to outsmart its creators.
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Gates warned that artificial intelligence could make it dangerously difficult to distinguish between scientists developing lifesaving medicines and bad actors seeking to create weapons
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In an essay, Gates had previously argued we have surpassed the warning signs, as AI continues to develop at an 'uncontrolled' rate.
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'AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice,' he said.
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Then just days ago, Gates appeared on NBC and called for greater government oversight of the emerging tech, while sharing that it could cause 'a billion deaths.
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'AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths,' Gates told journalist Kristen Welker, before adding, 'So even though it's pretty hard to get to 100 percent [of humanity], there's never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools.'
Gates also appeared to offer up some potential solutions when asked by Welker, 'What would prevent tragedies from happening due to AI specifically?'
He warned that artificial intelligence could make it dangerously difficult to distinguish between scientists developing lifesaving medicines and bad actors seeking to create biological weapons.
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'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,"' Gates told Welker.
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He also argued that the potential risks make strict oversight of advanced AI systems essential, calling on the United States to take the lead in establishing safeguards.
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Gates appeared on NBC and called for greater government oversight of the emerging tech, while sharing that it could cause 'a billion deaths'
'Because those are so close, we do need to monitor any sophisticated model and record exactly what's being done,' he said.
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Gates suggested that China would pursue similar measures but emphasized that the US should establish clear standards for the industry.
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'You'll hear from the industry, it's a very doable thing.
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It would not slow them down dramatically,' he said.
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He also drew a distinction between implementing safeguards and the broader debate over whether AI development itself should be slowed.
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'It’s completely irresponsible not to require every AI to have these safeguards and monitoring capabilities,' he stated, before adding 'it only is a question of do you do it now?,' Gates explained.
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Donald Trump denied the idea that AI advances will mean the end of the human race when asked about it by reporters earlier this month, noting that those were 'things that won't happen.'
'We're leading China in AI.
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We're the most sophisticated country in the world, and frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins,' the President told reporters at his golf course in Doonbeg while attending the Irish Open earlier this month.
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House Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has also chimed in on the issue as well, noting in a CNN interview earlier in September: 'We cannot put a moratorium on this because China will overlap us.'
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Donald Trump denied the idea that AI advances will mean the end of the human race when asked about it by reporters earlier this month, noting that those were 'things that won't happen'
Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned and accused the company and its rival OpenAI of not doing enough to address the potential dangers of the technology earlier this month
Democrats, however, seem more keen to regulate the emerging technologies.
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Barack Obama shared his thoughts on the matter at a recent private gathering, first covered by the New York Times.
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