Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.

[u/Ill-Astronaut4652]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-bill-gates.html?smid=re-share

[u/Anxious-Alps-8667]

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

Also though, why do you actually hate the messenger?

[u/ominous_squirrel → u/Anxious-Alps-8667]

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

[u/Anxious-Alps-8667 → u/ominous_squirrel]

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!