"There is no plan to ease the entry into the AI era," Gates writes in an essay.

Bill Gates says the "turbulent AI era" has arrived, and the AI industry is crossing safety lines it once promised to respect. In a new essay and an interview with GeekWire, he lays out three ideas for managing what's coming: new national and global institutions,

As machines absorb more white- and blue-collar duties, Gates proposes protecting certain work roles for economic and deeply human reasons.

One of the most notable ideas Gates proposes is a new tax on AI, which he calls the "token tax." As Gates explains, businesses pay payroll taxes on human employees. However, if AI replaces a worker's job, that same company gets to write the purchase off as a business expense.

Gates has embarked on a public campaign to warn people about the dangers of AI but it’s been partly overshadowed by his recent revalations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein