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Morning Edition · Saturday, August 29, 2026Published at 2:21 AM EDT · New York
Bill Gates Calls for Taxing AI and Robots and Says There Is No Plan for Displaced Workers
He argues employers pay payroll taxes on workers while deducting machines as business expenses, and proposes reserving a category of jobs for humans.
Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, has published a long warning about artificial intelligence and labor, and the specific policy he proposes is a tax. He argues that employers pay payroll taxes when they hire a person but can deduct mach…
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