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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[-] theodoraward@awful.systems 5 points 13 hours ago

it's so fucking funny that bill gates had basically successfully laundered his reputation from "the demonic sociopath from the antitrust hearings" to "the One Good Billionaire," but it's been entirely undone again by the epstein stuff. i bet he does believe the doomer shit because they all do because it's also like, yeah bill, this'll definitely be the train that pulls you back into public good graces. definitely

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