Bill Gates Claims AI Will Replace Doctors and Teachers
AI Doctors and Teachers
In an interview on NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” Bill Gates claimed that AI will replace many human jobs in the next 10 years. While we still rely on human specialists for the time being, Gates suggested that will change very soon.
He suggested the world is moving into an era of “free intelligence” in an interview with Arthur Brooks last month. We’ll be using AI for everything from medical diagnoses to virtual assistants, to tutoring.
AI Will Replace Jobs and Spur Growth Simultaneously
The debate about how humans and AI will coexist has been going on for quite some time. Some experts suggest that AI essentially be an add-on to human labor, allowing for my efficient work. Additionally, proponents of this view suggest that AI will spur economic growth and job creation.
A Temporary Relationship
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft AI CEO, suggests a less optimistic future. He claims that in the near future, advancements in AI will drastically impact the workforce. The advancements in technology will affect nearly every industry. His view is that yes, these tools will augment human efficiency initially, but soon AI will replace humans in many ways.
It’s Not All Bad, Gates says
Gates sees a future where AI can help humanity to provide treatments for disease, education, and climate change. Jobs that involve making things or growing food, will be replaced, Gates said. He also believes that certain jobs, however, like those in the sports and entertainment industries, will never be replaced.
At an event in 2017 at Columbia University, Gates commented on the “profound milestone” of Google’s DeepMind AI lab. By 2023, even he was impressed by the rate at which AI had developed.
When he saw the results of his challenge to OpenAI at that time, he called it “the most important advance in technology since the graphical user interface [in 1980].”
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