Bill Gates: The real revolution will be self-driving cars, and Uber could get there first
Gus Ruelas/Reuters
FT Alphaville writer Izabella Kaminska, who often writes about these issues, went on a long tweetstorm after relaying the conversation.
With regards to robots, the economy, and logistics, the takeaway seems to be that Gates thinks we're in the fastest period of innovation ever, and it's still unclear how that will affect the economy.
But there's still quite a way to go. Robots "will be benign for quite some time," Gates said. The future of work is not in immediate danger - although the outlook is not good for those who have a high school degree or less.
Gates was also asked about Uber. He seems to think the real disruption to the driving and logistics industry is not going to come until we have fully driverless cars. That's the "rubicon," he says.
Kaminska relays that currently, Gates thinks that Uber "is just a reorganization of labour into a more dynamic form." However, and this is big, Uber does have the biggest research and development budget out there on the driverless vehicle front. And that's to its advantage.
Here's the tweetstorm (in reverse-chronological order):
Twitter/@izakaminska
Twitter/@izakaminska
Twitter/@izakaminska
Twitter/@izakaminska
Kaminska's tweetstorm about Gates' comments continued on the topics of climate change and philanthropy.
- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- A centenarian who starts her day with gentle exercise and loves walks shares 5 longevity tips, including staying single
- 2 states where home prices are falling because there are too many houses and not enough buyers
- "To sit and talk in the box...!" Kohli's message to critics as RCB wrecks GT in IPL Match 45
- 7 Nutritious and flavourful tiffin ideas to pack for school
- India's e-commerce market set to skyrocket as the country's digital economy surges to USD 1 Trillion by 2030
- Top 5 places to visit near Rishikesh
- Indian economy remains in bright spot: Ministry of Finance