Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has predicted that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in the next decade could make human inputs obsolete in several fields. Gates revealed in a recent interview how AI could take over many aspects of life and work.
He noted that at the moment, some skills remain rare, saying that the continued dependence on human specialists in fields such as medicine and education is still rare. The billionaire said people still depend on doctors and teachers, whose abilities cannot easily be replaced by AI.
However, Gates said, AI over the next 10 years will become free and easily accessible, which would dish out medical advice and great tutoring. He said humans are entering a new era, which he calls free intelligence.
According to a CNBC report, Gates said the rapid advances in AI-powered technologies that are accessible and touch almost every aspect of human lives, from diagnosis and medicines to AI tutors and virtual assistants, will take over those fields.
Experts differ on AI’s impact on jobs “It’s very profound and even a little bit scary because it’s happening very quickly, and there is no upper bound,” Gates said. However, some experts have said AI will help humans to improve and work more efficiently rather than become redundant, leading to economic growth and job creation. Others said that tech advancements in the coming years will be what jobs are across several industries and have a destabilising effect on the workforce.
