“More dangerous than drugs”
Microsoft founder Bill Gates warns about this AI scenario
Oct 11, 2026 – 11:38 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Microsoft founder Bill Gates warns about the dangers of AI. One scenario worries him the most. He wants to arrange a conversation with Donald Trump.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI). Now in an interview he has classified which scenario worries him the most. The danger of an out of control AI is unlikely to exist in the coming years, Gates told the US broadcaster on Sunday CNN. There is a much greater risk that “bad people” will use AI systems without protective measures for cyber attacks or bioterrorism.
In order to prevent this, the systems must be more strictly regulated, demanded Gates. “But at the moment it is allowed to switch off all these protective measures.” “So if you have bad people, no protection measures and then the latest models, then we’re going to have a lot of negative surprises in the coming year, especially in the cyber area,” Gates said in the television interview.
Gates: AI “more dangerous than drugs”
AI is “more dangerous than cars, planes or drugs,” said Gates. “The most dangerous technology humans have ever invented”. Therefore it requires state control. The entrepreneur wants to discuss the topic of AI security at the highest level and talk to US President Trump and his employees. He said in the CNN interview that he had already discussed this with various politicians.
US President Donald Trump However, wants to leave the technology largely unregulated in order to keep the competition out China to outdo. Gates rejected Trump’s idea of relying on voluntary industry self-regulation instead of legal regulations on Sunday: The idea of leaving control of the “most dangerous technology humans have ever invented” to companies alone is “not enough.”
Gates is one of a growing number of entrepreneurs warning about the risks of AI. He had already warned about the risks of AI in an incendiary letter at the end of August. Nobody yet has a plan for how to curb the dangers of technology, Gates wrote in a nearly 6,000-word essay published on his blog.
