Gates sees promise in AI, but questions linger over ethics and control
-
Bill Gates predicts AI will supercharge innovation and transform education through individualized tutoring by 2024. He compares it to the early days of the internet.
-
Gates believes AI could help close the gap between when rich and poor countries get access to innovations. He sees African countries adopting AI as quickly as the US within 2 years.
-
However, AI still depends heavily on big tech giants like Microsoft, Meta, and Google. There are concerns about them controlling the future of AI and limiting competition.
-
There are also disturbing reports of child sexual abuse images found in AI training datasets. This raises ethical concerns.
-
UK Supreme Court ruled AI cannot be a patent "inventor", a blow to those trying to get legal rights for AI creations.