A "kill switch" won't be enough to stop artificial intelligence from causing mass harm, Bill Gates warns -- and getting the world to agree on real safeguards, he told NBC's "Meet the Press," will be tougher than anything the Cold War required.
Bill Gates has warned that malicious use of artificial intelligence could enable biological weapons and cause catastrophic loss of life, while calling for safeguards that would not significantly slow development ...
While the President has become a major booster of AI, those both inside and outside the industry have warned of its potential dangers, including Bill Gates' prediction that it could kill a billion people.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has warned that getting countries to agree on a global framework for AI could be more difficult than Cold War-era negotiations to restrict nuclear weapons.