Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Invoice Gates has been vocal about how international well being and improvement are vital within the fashionable world. Gates was lately requested what query he would ask a time traveller from the 12 months 2100, and his response was not something associated to Microsoft. As a substitute, he mentioned that he would ask about humanity.
Are people thriving? Gates mentioned he would ask. “Ultimately, it’s all measured by human welfare,” he mentioned in an episode of his podcast, “Unconfuse Me” lately.
At first, Gates mentioned he would inquire about power manufacturing and synthetic intelligence (AI).
“How are you producing power? Is it fusion or fission or some surprising factor?” he requested. Gates has touted each as promising clear power sources. He even co-founded nuclear power startup TerraPower in 2006.
“After which perceive how the AI was both serving to them come collectively … or how they handled that problem,” he mentioned.
Gates on AI expertise
Gates has pinned his hopes on AI expertise to assist working-class folks. Whereas speaking to comic Trevor Noah, Gates talked about how this expertise may present folks, who’ve been working 5-plus days per week, extra leisure time.
Gates mentioned there may someday be a time when people “do not need to work so onerous.”
“In the event you ultimately get a society the place you solely need to work three days per week, that is most likely OK,” Gates mentioned, explaining that there could possibly be a world the place “machines could make all of the meals and the stuff.”
It was lately reported {that a} 1997 incident, through which Gates examine kids dying in varied components of the world attributable to illnesses which had been curable within the US, pushed him to philanthropy post-retirement.
“I had a protracted interval from about age 18 to 40 the place I used to be very monomaniacal. Microsoft was all the things. I used to be fortunate sufficient that as different folks took over Microsoft, I obtained to go and browse and study all of the well being challenges, why kids die,” mentioned the Microsoft founder.
Are people thriving? Gates mentioned he would ask. “Ultimately, it’s all measured by human welfare,” he mentioned in an episode of his podcast, “Unconfuse Me” lately.
At first, Gates mentioned he would inquire about power manufacturing and synthetic intelligence (AI).
“How are you producing power? Is it fusion or fission or some surprising factor?” he requested. Gates has touted each as promising clear power sources. He even co-founded nuclear power startup TerraPower in 2006.
“After which perceive how the AI was both serving to them come collectively … or how they handled that problem,” he mentioned.
Gates on AI expertise
Gates has pinned his hopes on AI expertise to assist working-class folks. Whereas speaking to comic Trevor Noah, Gates talked about how this expertise may present folks, who’ve been working 5-plus days per week, extra leisure time.
Gates mentioned there may someday be a time when people “do not need to work so onerous.”
“In the event you ultimately get a society the place you solely need to work three days per week, that is most likely OK,” Gates mentioned, explaining that there could possibly be a world the place “machines could make all of the meals and the stuff.”
It was lately reported {that a} 1997 incident, through which Gates examine kids dying in varied components of the world attributable to illnesses which had been curable within the US, pushed him to philanthropy post-retirement.
“I had a protracted interval from about age 18 to 40 the place I used to be very monomaniacal. Microsoft was all the things. I used to be fortunate sufficient that as different folks took over Microsoft, I obtained to go and browse and study all of the well being challenges, why kids die,” mentioned the Microsoft founder.
