Bill Gates once once more shocked the world with his predictions. This time they were in defense of artificial intelligence. Gates made his first public comment since an open letter ignited a debate regarding the future of technology, Archyde.com reported.
Calls to stop the development of artificial intelligence will not solve future challenges, said Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Gates said in an interview with the news agency that it would be more appropriate to focus attention on how best to use developments in the field of artificial intelligence, since it is difficult to predict how a possible shutdown of work in this field would might act on a global level, BTA reports.
Last week, an open letter signed by entrepreneur Elon Musk and more than 1,000 artificial intelligence specialists was published, calling for an urgent halt to the development of more powerful systems than the Microsoft-backed company’s new ChatGPIT-4 chatbot. Open AI”. The specialists, including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, said in the letter that it is necessary to assess the possible risks and benefits for society.
“I don’t think that making that kind of demand to one particular group is going to solve the challenges,” Gates said. “Obviously there are great benefits to these things. What we need to do is identify the areas that are dangerous,” he said.
According to him, it would be difficult to implement in practice the details related to a possible interruption of the development of artificial intelligence. He added that it is not certain whether every country in the world would agree to halt the development of more powerful artificial intelligence systems and that there are many different opinions in this area.
Microsoft is looking to outpace other companies by investing billions of dollars in Open AI. Gates is a staunch supporter of artificial intelligence and describes it as a revolutionary phenomenon, similar to the Internet and mobile phones.
