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<\/p>\nBill Gates has published a memo proposing a tax on AI, a category of jobs reserved for humans and new institutions to manage the transition, and told GeekWire that industry leaders are worried privately while staying quiet publicly. He proposed a robot tax in February 2017, the same month the European Parliament adopted robotics rules that left the tax out.<\/p>\n
Bill Gates says the people building AI are worried in private and quiet in public. \u201cI know they\u2019re all worried. Or all of them that I know, which is basically everybody but Elon,<\/em>\u201d he told GeekWire<\/a>.<\/p>\n The reason he is talking is a memo he published this week. It argues the industry is crossing the safety lines it set for itself, and that nobody is preparing for what follows.<\/p>\n TNW covered the proposals when it landed. A tax on AI, a category of jobs reserved for humans, and new institutions to manage the transition.<\/p>\n The interview adds the part he did not put in writing. \u201cEven lack of control that I thought would be many years from now, we\u2019re seeing lack of control,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n On the tax, Gates is repeating himself. He first proposed taxing robots in February 2017, when the argument was about factory automation rather than models, and the reasoning was the same.<\/p>\n Europe answered that question the same month. The European Parliament voted 396 to 123<\/a>, with 85 abstentions, on rules for robotics, and the tax was not in what passed.<\/p>\n What passed instead is worth reading. The resolution asked the Commission to look at the viability of member states\u2019 social<\/a> security systems as robots spread, which is the diagnosis behind the remedy MEPs had just dropped.<\/p>\n It also floated something stranger. The adopted text raised electronic personhood<\/a> for the most sophisticated autonomous robots, an idea that has gone nowhere since.<\/p>\n The rapp<\/a>orteur was not pleased. Mady Delvaux said certain coalitions in the Parliament had rejected a forward-looking debate about workers, and the robotics industry welcomed the outcome.<\/p>\n Nine years on the position has not moved. The AI Act regulates risk and requires human oversight, and TNW has asked whether it can protect jobs without stifling innovation.<\/p>\n It does neither of the things Gates wants. It does not tax a model, it does not reserve a category of work for people, and no member state has proposed either.<\/p>\n The evidence base is thinner than either side admits. TNW has argued that what AI is doing to jobs in Europe looks different from the headline numbers.<\/p>\n Which leaves the memo where it started. A man who proposed this in 2017 is proposing it again, and Europe has already voted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our Technology category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n