Bill Gates: AI Is The 'Holy Grail' (mashable.com)

An anonymous reader writes: At the Code Conference on Wednesday, Bill Gates balanced his fears of artificial intelligence with praise. He talked about two of the challenges AI will pose: a loss of existing jobs, and making sure humans remain in control of super-intelligent machines. Gates, as well as many other experts in the field, predict there will be an excess of labor resources as robots and AI systems take over. He plans to talk with others about ideas to combat the threat of AI controlling humans, specifically noting work being done at Stanford. Even with such threats, Gates called AI the "holy grail" as he envisions a future "with machines that are capable and more capable than human intelligence." Gates said, "We've made more progress in the last five years than at any time in history. [...] The dream is finally arriving. This is what it was all leading up to."

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And this guy knows

[Anonymous Coward]

Because he provided us all with such reliable and well-engineered technology... er, gotten rich through monopolistic and otherwise ethically questionable business practices, and ruthlessly exploiting the network effect of a for him happy accident that left him with a huge installed base.

Anybody read his book? How many IQ points did you lose reading it?