比尔·盖茨在本周末的《会见新闻界》节目中警告称，他预见到人工智能有消灭人类的未来。
Bill Gates will warn on this weekend's "Meet the Press" that he can see a future where AI wipes out humanity
为什么重要：作为科技界领先的乐观主义者之一，盖茨近年来不断对人工智能的危险发出警告。他的最新言论出炉之际，科技领袖和政府正在权衡如何应对对人工智能引发的世界末日的担忧。
Why it matters: Gates one of technology's leading optimists, has increasingly sounded the alarm on AI dangers. His new comments come as techology leaders and the government weight how to handle fears of an AI-created doomsday.
推动新闻：根据NBC周五发布的内容摘要，他将在周日的《会见新闻界》节目中对克里斯滕·韦尔克表示：“人工智能的威力确实足以推动导致十亿人死亡的事件发生。”
Driving the news: "AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that, you know, cause a billion deaths," he will tell Kristen Welker on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, per excerpts NBC released Friday.
- “尽管要达到100%（的控制）相当困难，但从来没有哪种武器能比怀有恶意的人使用最新人工智能工具的组合更强大。”
• "Even though it's pretty hard to get to 100%, there's never been a weapon as powerful as the combination of people with ill intent using the latest AI tools." Zoom out:
背景：他在8月份发布的一份备忘录中，将人工智能定义为一项比历史上几乎任何其他技术都更具影响力的技术。
released a memo in August that defined AI as a technology more consequential than virtually any other in history.
- 他在文章中辩称，“人工智能要么是有史以来最伟大的均势器，要么是最糟糕的不公正之源。”
• In the essay, he argued that "AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice."
- “按照目前的航向和速度，产生净负面结果的几率非常高，”他说。
• "On the current course and speed, there's a very high chance of a net negative outcome," he said. What's next:
接下来：盖茨表示，政府和政党现在需要共同努力，寻找方法防止人工智能失控。
Gates says that government and political parties need to work together now to find ways to keep AI from spiraling out of control.