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Bill Gates thinks AI could spell the end of tedious life admin::Bill Gates and Sam Altman spoke about the future of AI being one where the technology works as super-helpful assistants to humans.

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[–] IchNichtenLichten 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He was a ruthless tech bro who was in the right place at the right time.

[–] MrMcGasion 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, Gates bought QDOS (aka 86-DOS), to license it to IBM as MS DOS after his mom did the ground work of marketing him to the right people at IBM. And somehow people still respect him, as if he wasn't the proto-Elon.

[–] IchNichtenLichten 1 points 1 year ago

He's a great business person, period. Like Steve Jobs, he didn't code but at least Jobs had a drive to make the best products he could.