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Experts in artificial intelligence policy and ethics have called for balancing the speed of model development with safety and regulatory requirements, following warnings from within major companies that progress could outpace society’s ability to understand and control it. The experts believe that cooperation among companies, governments, and civil society should accompany technological competition.
Bill Gates believes that the acceleration of artificial intelligence could worsen job losses and inequality without oversight and regulation, and proposes taxes on the use of automated systems and areas of work reserved for humans. However, experts question the feasibility of imposing such taxes and warn of their competitive effects.