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At Telluride Film Festival, Bill Gates Compares a Lack of Human Control Over AI to HAL in ‘2001’: ‘You Could Say “Please Shut Down,” and It Would Say, “OK, I Took That Under Advisement, But…”‘

Sep 6, 2026 · Chris Willman

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At Telluride Film Festival, Bill Gates Compares a Lack of Human Control Over AI to HAL in ‘2001’: ‘You Could Say “Please Shut Down,” and It Would Say, “OK, I Took That Under Advisement, But…”‘
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