Bill Gates Reversed Himself on AI and Jobs: 'I Am in a State of Shock That I'm Sort of the First One Saying, This Is Crazy'
Semafor, via r/singularity·medium signal
In a Semafor interview published 2026-08-25 and a companion blog post, Bill Gates abandoned his three-year-old position that AI job disruption would be 'bumpy' but 'manageable,' now saying it will cause economic catastrophe with 'far fewer' jobs than exist today. He named biology, cybersecurity, white-collar work, and human relationships as crossed thresholds, and asked political and technology leaders to write worker-protection policy and tax the companies. The r/singularity thread hit 669 upvotes and 463 comments.