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Bill Gates says some people may live like the Amish to limit their use of AI
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The Daily Wire, Breitbart News and The Western Journal report that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates predicted some people may choose to live like the Amish by limiting their use of artificial intelligence. The outlets say Gates made the remark in a recent episode of the Decoder podcast, where he said AI could eventually perform much human work, including physical labor through humanoid robots. Gates predicts a 20-year transition with winners, losers and disruption, and says governments rather than tech companies should manage the fallout, according to Breitbart. Breitbart also reports that Microsoft offered employees voluntary exits on October 26, affecting more than a quarter of its workforce.
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Gates said on the Decoder podcast that some people may choose to live like the Amish, away from the technology frontier, by limiting their use of AI.
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Gates said AI could eventually do much human work, extending from white-collar jobs to physical labor through humanoid robots.
One outletThe Daily Wire· Far Right
Gates said the next 20 years will bring a transition with winners, losers and major disruption, and that governments rather than tech companies should manage it.
One outletBreitbart News· Far Right
Microsoft offered employees a voluntary exit on October 26, which Breitbart reported would affect more than a quarter of the company’s workforce.
One outletBreitbart News· Far Right
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All coverage here is from right-side outlets, and each reports Bill Gates predicting some people may live like the Amish to limit AI use. The main difference is emphasis: one stresses job replacement, the others stress avoiding AI’s harms.
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Headlines present Gates’s Amish remark as a prediction about AI; one stresses replacing workers, while the others stress avoiding AI. All coverage here is from the Far Right end of the spectrum.
Bill Gates Predicts that Some People Will Live 'Like the Amish' to Avoid AI
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leftist billionaireshunWill Force
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leftist billionaireMore neutral: billionaire Microsoft co-founder
The political label attached to Gates does not bear on the prediction reported, so it pre-judges him.
…“dramatic harms.” People reports that Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and leftist billionaire, laid out his concerns in a recent episode of the Decoder podcast, hosted by…
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shunMore neutral: avoid
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Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates predicts that, as AI advances, many people may opt to shun life in the technological landscape, much like the Amish.
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Will ForceMore neutral: May Lead
The source describes a choice Gates predicts people may make, not compulsion by AI.
Bill Gates Claims Artifical Intelligence Will Force Some to Choose an 'Amish' Lifestyle
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- AI replacing human workers
- Avoiding AI as a personal choice
- Coming disruption and winners and losers
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- The Western JournalFar Right
Bill Gates Claims Artifical Intelligence Loaded verb“Will Force”The source describes a choice Gates predicts people may make, not compulsion by AI.More neutral: May LeadDisagree with this highlight? Some to Choose an 'Amish' Lifestyle
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates predicts that, as AI advances, many people may opt to Loaded verb“shun”The word carries disapproval of people who avoid technology, beyond the neutral description of choosing not to use it.More neutral: avoidDisagree with this highlight? life in the technological landscape, much like the Amish. His projection came just six days
- Breitbart NewsFar Right
Bill Gates Predicts that Some People Will Live 'Like the Amish' to Avoid AI
Bill Gates argues that the next two decades of AI development will bring "winners and losers," and he's arguing it's up to governments, not tech companies, to manage the fallout. …
- The Daily WireFar Right
Bill Gates Says Some Will Live ‘Like The Amish’ As Technology Replaces Human Workers
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates predicted that some people may choose to live “like the Amish” by limiting their use of artificial intelligence as the technology transforms modern society. “We’re going to have real choices. …
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The Daily Wire, Oct 28, 9:07 AM EDT
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- The Daily WireFar RightOct 28, 9:07 AM EDT
- Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 28, 11:29 AM EDT
- The Western JournalFar RightOct 28, 9:29 PM EDT
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