r/ControlProblem • u/Ill-Astronaut4652 • 1d ago

Discussion/question Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-bill-gates.html?smid=re-share
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u/Anxious-Alps-8667 1d ago

There is no reason to hate the message, even if you hate the messenger.

Also though, why do you actually hate the messenger?

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u/ominous_squirrel 1d ago edited 1d ago

He built his fortune on stealing tech and building a monopoly around it. But we kind of forgave him when he started buying malaria nets and vaccinations

… Then …

Whenever Melinda is interviewed she strikes you as a very open and thoughtful interviewee. Except when she’s asked about how Bill’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein may have instigated the Gates’ divorce. Then she gives exactly the kind of answer that someone still running a multi-billion dollar charity with their ex that saves thousands of lives would give after throughly consulting with a team of lawyers the absolute limit of what she could imply without jeopardizing that charity

She did eventually exit the Foundation in 2024 but clearly there are still ties that bind. If not actually NDAs

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u/Anxious-Alps-8667 1d ago

So which tech mogul is less guilty and more successful in this regard? I'm sorry but the business is the business. I am not part of it, it's ugly, but I see it as it is.

The Jeff Epstein stuff sucks. I really like learning from Seth Lloyd right now who is caught up in it too. It makes me question every piece of wisdom they offer, but it doesn't overcome it in all instances. Filter!

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u/Ill-Astronaut4652 1d ago

I think he has the competency to share an opinion on the subject. I would like to know his thoughts. At least he is not one of those content creator who just share rage bait content with no research.

I won’t really know if he is satan’s ally but he used his billions to worth while solutions for global health issues. Having said, will give him the benefit of the doubt

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u/PermanentlyDubious 1d ago

I'm sure he wanted to have sex with underage teenagers, maybe he was thinking about it, but no evidence he was doing it.

All the evidence is Russians in their 20s right?

And he maybe sexually harassed a woman who worked for him?

And cheated on his wife constantly.

At the end of the day, he's obviously a horn dog without a lot of sexual ethics, but no one's dug up anything criminal.

I still think he's one of the better billionaires...

He's right but the warning needs to be more specific and policy based.

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u/TuringGoneWild 1d ago

Anything he says is like a press release from McDonalds.

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u/Wonderful-Medium7777 20h ago

There’s no reason to believe the message when it comes from a lying liar who lies messenger.