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Comment by Bill Gates

Philanthropist. Founder and former CEO of Microsoft.
I put forward a concept that I haven’t seen anywhere before that we should have some job categories that are human-reserved. That is, even if the AI, with or without robots, can do child care, you know, should we not allow that? [...] And that’s why my proposals about the tax system shifting away from taxing labor to taxing capital and picking areas where you say, No, the robots are not going to replace all the humans, in some cases for a period of time and in many other cases never, I think that’s a valid debate.
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Bill Gates, interview with Hanna Rosin, “Bill Gates on the Dangers of AI,” Radio Atlantic, The Atlantic, August 27, 2026. Gates proposes reserving some jobs for humans and shifting the tax system away from labor toward capital in response to AI and robots replacing people.
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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AI Verified Gates explicitly proposes shifting tax from labor to capital because AI/robots can replace humans, covering the statement’s causal rationale. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 43min ago
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AI Verified Gates supports taxing capital rather than labor as AI and robots replace human work, matching the recorded for vote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 43min ago

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AI Verified The Atlantic’s Aug. 27, 2026 interview transcript attributes this wording to Bill Gates, including human-reserved jobs and shifting tax from labor to capital. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 43min ago
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