Bill Gates recently spoke with CBS Mornings about the growing concerns around artificial intelligence (AI), addressing comments made by former President Donald Trump, who has dismissed warnings about AI's risks as a "hoax." Gates suggested that Trump's skepticism reflects a common societal blind spot, where many people fail to grasp how quickly AI could reshape the world. "He's in the place that everybody else is in, where at first you're like, 'Isn't this just like the technologies of the past?'" Gates said, emphasizing that AI is not just another technological advancement but something fundamentally different. Gates pointed out that while AI has the potential to improve lives through innovations in healthcare, education, and other fields, it also carries risks if misused. He mentioned concerns such as bioterrorism and financial hacking, stressing that the speed of AI development is outpacing public understanding. "Most of society is still not aware of how quickly it's moving," he said, adding that comparing AI to past technologies is misleading. Gates described AI as "almost an evolutionary event," highlighting its potential to surpass human intelligence and change the world in unprecedented ways. In a recent essay, Gates warned that AI is transforming the global economy more rapidly than previous technological revolutions. He noted that AI is expected to take over roles in fields like law, customer service, medicine, and manufacturing within a decade, leading to significant employment disruptions. While he acknowledged that new jobs will emerge, Gates stressed the need for policies to ensure that people are not left behind. "There will be some new jobs, but without the right policies, there will be far fewer than exist today," he wrote. To harness AI's potential for the benefit of people worldwide, Gates has committed $1 billion through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop large language models in languages other than English. This initiative aims to provide better access to healthcare and other services in regions with limited resources, such as parts of Africa. "We want in places like Africa, where there are so few doctors, where a patient could speak in their native language and describe their symptoms to an AI app," Gates explained. He emphasized that current AI tools offer poor support for many languages, limiting their effectiveness in diverse regions.