Bill Gates has revealed that he “hopes” artificial intelligence (AI) will soon “dominate” and “control” the human race.
According to Gates, one of society’s biggest problems is individual thought, which he claims could be “solved” by surrendering all control to “emotionless AI.”
Gates argues that allowing people to express their own personal views is a “super bad thing” because it “breaks democracy.”
The tech billionaire made the call in a recent episode of his podcast “Unconfuse Me with Bill Gates” while speaking with his guest Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI.
Gates controversially delved into the potential of AI as a tool for saving “democracy” and promoting world peace.
The conversation explored the idea of using artificial intelligence as an instrument to foster unity in society, enhance global amity, and help overcome geopolitical polarization.
Microsoft, founded by Gates, and OpenAI, whose CEO Altman is currently working closely with Microsoft, are promoters of using AI to solve global issues.
Gates spoke excitedly on the topic: “I do think AI, in the best case, can help us with some hard problems…
“Including ‘polarization’ because potentially that breaks democracy and that would be a super bad thing.”
In addition to resolving polarization,