When the Microsoft co-founder speaks, the world listens. This billionaire and philanthropist begins each year with a particular vision of what awaits us —and 2023 doesn’t look very far—, but we’ve also had the opportunity to learn some of his views on current technology trends.
Ask me whatever you want. The famous Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions have served to this time be bill gates The one who answers the questions of the users. Among them were curiosities that allowed us to know what mobile phone you use in your day to day, but there were Another questions even more striking.
The metaverse and Web3 don’t matter. It was almost inevitable that he would be asked about the metaverse that Mark Zuckerberg bets on, but for Bill Gates neither that technology nor the theoretical revolution that Web3 poses are relevant. “I don’t think Web3 is that big or that the metaverse alone is revolutionary.”
Artificial intelligence is the future. What Gates was very impressed with is the latest advances in artificial intelligence. When asked for his opinion of ChatGPT, explained that “gives an idea of what is to come. I am impressed by all this approach and the pace of innovation.”
huge impact. Another user had an impact on this question and asked him about the generative artificial intelligence that is used in engines such as DALL-E 2, Stable Diffusion or ChatGPT. Again Gates he was impressed:
I am quite impressed with the rate of improvement of these AIs. I think they will have a huge impact. Thinking about it in the context of the Gates Foundation, we want to have tutors that help kids learn math and keep their interest. We want medical help for the people of Africa who cannot access a doctor. I’m still working with Microsoft, so I’m following this very closely.
promising but dangerous. Of course, he also pointed out that in addition to the importance of advances in health and innovation on the climate -the areas in which he works the most with his Foundation-, he was very interested in “outlining the advances of AI in a positive way” . That comment comes from afar: already in 2019 Gates affirmed that AI is as promising and dangerous as nuclear energy.
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