Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
Decoder with Nilay Patel
- Published
- October 22, 2026
- Duration
- 1h 16m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Nov 1, 2026
Discusses ai.
Summary
My guest today is Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months talking about AI risk, and how crucial it is that we start taking this seriously. So I was excited to sit down with him and really dig into t…
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My guest today is Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft and chairman of the Gates Foundation. You may have noticed Bill in the news more lately — he’s been on something of a tour for the past few months talking about AI risk, and how crucial it is that we start taking this seriously. So I was excited to sit down with him and really dig into this subject. I came with many questions, about AI policy, the technical aspects of alignment, and what it means for future generations that we’
Themes
- ai