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Bill Gates warns AI could kill 1 billion people, kill switch insufficient
Microsoft founder Bill Gates warned on Sunday that AI is powerful enough to cause a billion deaths and that kill switches alone won't be enough to manage its risks. He contended that internal monitoring and integral safety mechanisms outweigh emergency shut-off tools in importance. Gates identified the primary danger as originating from malicious actors employing existing AI to execute cyberattacks or disable power grids.
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