Bill Gates warns young people about 4 major global threats: There is also artificial intelligence

Gates emphasized in his interview with Patrick Collinson that the thing he worried about most when he was young was nuclear war, and that this worry still continues, but new fears have been added for the younger generations.

He said that younger generations face additional threats such as climate change, bioterrorism, pandemics or the control of advanced artificial intelligence, techspot reported.

There have been many warnings before that artificial intelligence will advance so rapidly that at some point it will become smarter than humans and decide that the world would be a better place without us.

Gates may seem to paint a pessimistic view of young people, but he believes the future will be bright if the risks he outlines are avoided.

He claims that diseases will also disappear

The billionaire also believes that diseases such as obesity, Alzheimer's, HIV, polio, measles and malaria will either be eliminated or effectively addressed. Gates says, "The pace of innovation is faster today than ever before," and believes that fear of what he calls world-ending threats will motivate the younger generation to ensure that these dangers never materialize.

This month, Gates weighed in on issues beyond some existential threats. He said Intel had lost its way recently and was falling behind in chip design and manufacturing, but he made positive comments about former CEO Pat Gelsinger.