Bill Gates Wants Up to 40% of Jobs Reserved for Humans, Not AI

Bill Gates has proposed setting aside certain jobs for human workers only, a concept he calls Human Reserved, in a new essay on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI).

The Microsoft co-founder paired the proposal with a call to tax AI usage and robots. He argues that current tax rules give employers a financial reason to replace staff with machines.

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Gates compared the idea to nature reserves. Societies could build on protected land but choose not to, because the loss would outweigh the gain.

He told Axios that childcare and jury service clearly fit the category. Education and healthcare would be a mix, with protected workers using AI to extend their output.

The concept would take two forms. Some roles would stay human permanently. Others would provide temporary protection for workers who are too far into their careers to retrain.

"We might set something aside as Human Reserved for economic reasons. For example, we may do it because allowing machines to take over a certain role will displace a large number of people who can't easily change jobs," the essay read.

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