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If you look out far enough the computer will eventually learn to reason in somewhat the same way that humans do, so called ‘artificial intelligence’. If you take that far enough you can imagine an evolution, essentially, moving over to silicon-based life and carbon-based life, playing a much more limited role than it does today.
Bill Gates Smithsonian Interview: Bill Gates · 1993

Quotes

“Of all the things humans have ever created, AI will change society the most.”

Bill Gates · The Year Ahead 2026: Optimism with footnotes, 2026 · Primary source

“Computing is a good historical example where lower costs actually caused the overall market to grow.”

Bill Gates · The Year Ahead 2026: Optimism with footnotes, 2026 · Primary source

“Nothing is as good or as bad as it seems.”

Scott Galloway · How Does the End Begin?, 2025 · Primary source

“The question [whether computers can think] is just as relevant and just as meaningful as the question whether submarines can swim.”

Edsger Dijkstra · On IPWs: A position paper for a panel discussion on Computers and Society, 1983 · Primary source

Works

Bill Gates · 2023
The Risks of AI are Real but Manageable

An essay arguing that artificial intelligence poses serious near-term risks that can be mitigated through technology, regulation, adaptation, and public understanding.

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Bill Gates · 2026
The Year Ahead 2026: Optimism with footnotes

An outlook on global progress in 2026, examining aid, innovation, inequality, climate, healthcare, education, and the disruptive effects of artificial intelligence.

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Scott Galloway · 2025
How Does the End Begin?

An examination of US dependence on artificial intelligence investment, considering market concentration, speculative valuations and potential white-collar job losses.

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John Carmack · 2026
Message on X (Agency Over Intelligence)

A speculation on how AI assistance could shift the relative importance of intelligence, agency, trust, and decision-making in human achievement.

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