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Amanda Caswell

Bill Gates says only four jobs are safe from AI — but here are 7 other predictions he's made that didn't age well

Bill Gates in 2019.

When Bill Gates says anything about the future of technology, people tend to take notes. After all, Gates has correctly predicted everything from digital assistants to online payments and remote work years before they became mainstream.

His latest warning is just as bold. Gates recently suggested that artificial intelligence will eventually automate most jobs, leaving only a handful of careers — including programmers, biologists, energy experts and even professional athletes — as relatively safe.

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