Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation [in fearmarketing stunt] (www.theguardian.com)

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I don't understand why Bill Gates still feels the need to do marketing work, he is already rich he doesn't need to do commercials and blatantingly shill for a product for money like this.

Also the ides that anyone should listen to Bill Gates about needing or not needing government regulation, nationalization or trustbusting is actually insane.

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[-] gerikson@awful.systems 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

it's not just you

occam's razor says that in the face of faltering demand and sky-high expenditures, government cheese and regulation is an expected pivot

try to suggest that and the rats get very mad tho

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

Hey it worked for cryptocurrencies.

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