Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

Bill Gates joins Ezra Klein to deliver a stark warning about artificial intelligence, arguing that current alarmism underestimates the risks of catastrophic cyberattacks, bio-terrorism, and mass job displacement. He insists that government regulation is urgently needed because the idea that the AI industry can self-regulate is, in his words, "insane." Gates also reveals that his foundation, which plans to spend down $200 billion over the next two decades, will make ensuring AI reduces inequality rather than widening it a new core priority. Klein was struck by how genuinely afraid Gates seemed and how emphatic he was that many in positions of authority are in denial about what is coming.