NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down130
arrow-up1241arrow-down1external-linkBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareSkymt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·9 hours agoI find it lovely that he’s racked by guilt over his legacy and tries to do something about it.
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·8 hours agoRacked by guilt? His company is helping commit genocide by providing AI tools to automatically designate civilians as targets for military strikes. I’d rather he keeps his money and uses his influence to stop that. He chooses not to do so every day.
minus-squareSkymt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoI don’t think he has that influence any more. And yeah, genocide would be one of the reasons to feel guilty, but it’s far from the only one.
I find it lovely that he’s racked by guilt over his legacy and tries to do something about it.
Racked by guilt? His company is helping commit genocide by providing AI tools to automatically designate civilians as targets for military strikes.
I’d rather he keeps his money and uses his influence to stop that. He chooses not to do so every day.
I don’t think he has that influence any more.
And yeah, genocide would be one of the reasons to feel guilty, but it’s far from the only one.