This week: Bill Gates published a new essay warning that the AI industry is crossing the safety lines it set for itself, and that nobody is preparing for what's coming. At 70 years old, he also uses AI more than most people half his age, and he finds it enthralling, as you'll hear in highlights from our interview with Gates about the memo. Along the way this week, we dig into his three proposals. new institutions, a category of jobs reserved for humans, and a tax on AI and robots.

With Todd Bishop and John Cook. Edited by Curt Milton. Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell.

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Bill Gates in his own words: How he's using AI, and why he's worried about the future

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Bill Gates in his own words: How he's using AI, and why he's worried about the future