Bill Gates says to prepare for 20 years of ‘tumultuous’ AI disruption
THE SO WHAT
A 20-year disruption frame from Gates is a cue to stop treating AI as a 2–3 year tooling refresh and start aligning capex, talent, and policy bets on a generational horizon. For operators, that means pairing aggressive near-term automation pilots with a written thesis on where your moat shifts over a decade, not just a budget cycle.
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