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Bill Gates calls for a robot tax and 'Human Reserved' jobs in a new Gates Notes essay
Gates published on August 26 arguing the current tax code subsidizes automation, since businesses expense robots immediately while paying payroll taxes on people, and that 'a tax would slow the rush away from human labor a little and raise money for retraining and a stronger safety net.' His second proposal, Human Reserved, would designate occupations off-limits to AI and phase automation in 'over years or decades,' citing construction work for aging laborers and clinicians delivering terminal diagnoses. It is a notable turn from a long-standing AI optimist who had gone conspicuously quiet on the topic.
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