Microsoft President: AI advanced quicker than we expected - we need to act urgently

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Six in ten people in the UK think Artificial Intelligence will destroy more jobs than it creates. The President of Microsoft, Brad Smith, is optimistic that won’t be the case - that in the future people will still be in work, although a period of upheaval lies ahead. Smith believes jobs will be lost as AI is rolled out and governments will need to intervene to help people manage the transition. He spoke of the need to ensure people have the right skills to adapt to this new world; of taxing companies which use AI or robots to replace human labour; and of potentially “protecting” certain jobs - teachers, doctors, judges and care workers - from being performed by AI. Brad Smith told ITV News that AI has become more powerful in the last two years than anyone in the industry had imagined and that there is a risk humans will lose control of the technology unless there is urgent regulation. “I think the time to act is now,” he said. “I don’t believe [AI] is an existential threat today,

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