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The Microsoft co-founder predicts AI will gradually take over more professions, eventually replacing humans in the workplace.

But it brings with it so much change.

Bill Gates during the "I Could Jump It" sketch on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon

Bill Gates during a sketch on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon.

Gates kept his answer simple and short: “Not for most things.”

For instance, he pointed out that people wouldn’t want to watch AI-powered devices playing baseball.

There will be some things we reserve for ourselves.

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Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Meta Platforms Inc.

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