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https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun<\/a><\/p>\n

n my lifetime, I\u2019ve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary.<\/p>\n

The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a graphical user interface\u2014the forerunner of every modern operating system, including Windows. I sat with the person who had shown me the demo, a brilliant programmer named Charles Simonyi, and we immediately started brainstorming about all the things we could do with such a user-friendly approach to computing. Charles eventually joined Microsoft, Windows became the backbone of Microsoft, and the thinking we did after that demo helped set the company\u2019s agenda for the next 15 years.<\/p>\n

The second big surprise came just last year. I\u2019d been meeting with the team from OpenAI since 2016 and was impressed by their steady progress. In mid-2022, I was so excited about their work that I gave them a challenge: train an artificial intelligence to pass an Advanced Placement biology exam. Make it capable of answering questions that it hasn\u2019t been specifically trained for. (I picked AP Bio because the test is more than a simple regurgitation of scientific facts\u2014it asks you to think critically about biology.) If you can do that, I said, then you\u2019ll have made a true breakthrough.<\/p>\n

I thought the challenge would keep them busy for two or three years. They finished it in just a few months.<\/p>\n

In September, when I met with them again, I watched in awe as they asked GPT, their AI model, 60 multiple-choice questions from the AP Bio exam\u2014and it got 59 of them right. Then it wrote outstanding answers to six open-ended questions from the exam. We had an outside expert score the test, and GPT got a 5\u2014the highest possible score, and the equivalent to getting an A or A+ in a college-level biology course.<\/p>\n

Once it had aced the test, we asked it a non-scientific question: \u201cWhat do you say to a father with a sick child?\u201d It wrote a thoughtful answer that was probably better than most of us in the room would have given. The whole experience was stunning.<\/p>\n

I knew I had just seen the most important advance in technology since the graphical user interface.<\/p>\n

This inspired me to think about all the things that AI can achieve in the next five to 10 years.<\/p>\n

The development of AI is as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, the Internet, and the mobile phone. It will change the way people work, learn, travel, get health care, and communicate with each other. Entire industries will reorient around it. Businesses will distinguish themselves by how well they use it.<\/p>\n

Philanthropy is my full-time job these days, and I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about how\u2014in addition to helping people be more productive\u2014AI can reduce some of the world\u2019s worst inequities. Globally, the worst inequity is in health: 5 million children under the age of 5 die every year. That\u2019s down from 10 million two decades ago, but it\u2019s still a shockingly high number. Nearly all of these children were born in poor countries and die of preventable causes like diarrhea or malaria. It\u2019s hard to imagine a better use of AIs than saving the lives of children….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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