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Bill Gates says some people may eventually limit their use of AI, choosing to keep work such as childcare, cooking, art and sport in human hands even if machines can do it better. His comments, made on The Verge’s Decoder podcast, frame AI adoption as a choice about what people want to preserve, not just what technology can automate.
Why it mattersGates also warned of major disruption over the next 20 years, while arguing AI could help make healthcare and food more accessible. Those are forecasts, not settled outcomes. The practical question is whether opting out can remain a real choice as AI becomes woven into everyday services.
Discuss: Should society protect space for people to keep some work deliberately human, or focus on making AI’s benefits broadly available?
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