"Business Insider reports that Gates gave a talk at the American Enterprise Institute think tank in Washington, DC this week and said that both governments and businesses need to start preparing for a future where lots of people will be put out of work by software and robots."

We already have. It's called the 8.5h day where you're simply present in your office, paid to be off the street, employed by the state, browsing facebook and doing mundane jobs once in a while.