Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said in a recent interview that if technology giants such as Apple and Google have always held an arrogant and uncooperative attitude towards regulatory authorities, they may repeat Microsoft's previous mistakes and face "hellish" government intervention .
Gates made the above remark when interviewed by U.S. media Axios on February 14, when Bill Gates posted the tenth of Gates and Melinda in his official blog Gates Notes An annual letter, answering 10 frequently asked questions. Bill Gates said in an interview,
Technology companies must be very careful not to feel that the views they advocate are more important than the government's position, they should not run counter to the government and still prevent the government from operating properly in the key areas under the proper supervision.
When asked whether there was already such a conflict now, Gates said without hesitation "That is of course."
Recently, due to the continuous fermentation of the Russo-Russian incident and the repeated shootings and terrorist attacks, the technology giants who have mastered the core data and technological means are increasingly feeling the "special attention" from the government departments and complain that the industry has suffered "unfairness treat".
However, Gates warned that technology companies have actually cursed their roots in rejecting legitimate and reasonable government supervision. If they follow the same mistakes made by Microsoft in the past and face "hellish" government intervention, they are also "blameless".
Examples pointed out by Gates include the companies' keen interest in "anonymity and secrecy in financial transactions," mobile phone records and social networking files that refuse to submit shootings to murderers.
When Axios asked if Apple's refusal to unlock the iPhone as a guilty plea was also included, Gates said,
'Apple unlocks a smart phone' is not a problem with no ability, but a question with no will.
Gates's concerns: improper use of technology will be a scourge it?
Looking forward, Gates is also concerned about the proliferation of science and technology as it tackles poverty and hunger, and Gates pointed out that science and technology can empower small groups with enormous destructive power to enable them to acquire nuclear weapons, biochemical weapons and even networks Road weapon.
Even children today can edit genes in the lab, which in itself is a good thing, but someone with ulterior motives can make variegated variants of the virus and spread it around the world.
A small group can rely on science and technology to make a huge impact-having nuclear weapons affects millions of people, and if it's a chemical and biological weapon, it can amount to billions of people, a horror to me.