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A new era
The Age of AI has begun
\"Artificial intelligence is as revolutionary as mobile phones and the Internet.
By Bill Gates
| March 21, 2023 14 minute read
\"In my lifetime, Iâve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary.
\"The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a graphical user interfaceâthe 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 companyâs agenda for the next 15 years.
The second big surprise came just last year. Iâd 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 hasnât been specifically trained for. (I picked AP Bio because the test is more than a simple regurgitation of scientific factsâit asks you to think critically about biology.) If you can do that, I said, then youâll have made a true breakthrough.
I thought the challenge would keep them busy for two or three years. They finished it in just a few months.
In September, when I met with them again, I watched in aw ...
https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun?WT.mc_id=20230321100000_Artificial-Intelligence_BG-TW_&WT.tsrc=BGTW
The Age of AI has begun
\"Artificial intelligence is as revolutionary as mobile phones and the Internet.
By Bill Gates
| March 21, 2023 14 minute read
\"In my lifetime, Iâve seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary.
\"The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a graphical user interfaceâthe 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 companyâs agenda for the next 15 years.
The second big surprise came just last year. Iâd 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 hasnât been specifically trained for. (I picked AP Bio because the test is more than a simple regurgitation of scientific factsâit asks you to think critically about biology.) If you can do that, I said, then youâll have made a true breakthrough.
I thought the challenge would keep them busy for two or three years. They finished it in just a few months.
In September, when I met with them again, I watched in aw ...
https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun?WT.mc_id=20230321100000_Artificial-Intelligence_BG-TW_&WT.tsrc=BGTW