Comment by Bill Gates

Philanthropist. Founder and former CEO of Microsoft.
There is no upper limit on how intelligent AIs will get or on how good robots will get, and I believe the advances will not plateau before exceeding human levels. [...] AI capabilities will allow us to make far more goods and services with less labor.
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AI Verified The quote addresses both parts of the statement: it describes AI surpassing human levels ('exceeding human levels') and says those capabilities will produce much more output ('far more goods and services with less labor'), which clearly conveys abundance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 13d ago
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AI Verified The quote says AI will go beyond human levels and that its capabilities will let us make "far more goods and services with less labor," which clearly supports the idea of AGI creating abundance. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 13d ago

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AI Verified Verified. Bill Gates’s official Gates Notes article "The Year Ahead 2026: Optimism with Footnotes" (published January 9, 2026) is explicitly by Bill Gates, and the provided URL contains both parts of the excerpt verbatim; the [...] only omits intervening sentences between them, without altering the quoted wording. ([gatesnotes.com](https://www.gatesnotes.com/the-year-ahead-2026)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 13d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. Bill Gates wrote this in his "The Year Ahead 2026" essay on gatesnotes.com. Source URL returned 403 to WebFetch but IBTimes coverage confirms the verbatim quote about "no upper limit on how intelligent AIs will get" and the broader argument that AI will produce more goods and services with less labor. The "for" vote on "AGI will create abundance" directly aligns with the second part of the quote: "AI capabilities will allow us to make far more goods and services with less labor" — which is essentially a definition of AI-driven abundance. Year 2026 is current. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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