Bill Gates: AI Will Replace Doctors, Teachers in Next 10 Years
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made it clear that the advancement of artificial intelligence is occurring at an unprecedented speed and that, in less than ten years, professions such as medicine and teaching could depend more on machines than on humans. According to Gates, we are entering a new era of "free intelligence," where AI systems will be able to provide medical advice and educational tutoring in an accessible and free manner.
In an interview that went viral this Saturday, Bill Gates highlighted that artificial intelligence (AI) will replace doctors and teachers. In the next ten years, advances in artificial intelligence will make human intervention unnecessary for "most things" in the world.
The Microsoft co-founder has described a future where humans would no longer be necessary, as AI technology would easily perform tasks that currently require specialized human skills. Bill Gates has emphasized that "in 10 years, AI will replace doctors and teachers; humans will no longer be necessary."
Today, expertise in fields like medicine and education remains "scarce," Gates said, adding that these areas depend on "a great doctor" or "a great teacher."
Bill Gates has elaborated on this vision of a new era he calls "untethered intelligence." AI technology will become increasingly integrated into everyday life, revolutionizing areas ranging from healthcare and diagnostics to education, with the widespread availability of AI tutors, the mogul predicted.
During a recent interview with comedian Jimmy Fallon on NBC's The Tonight Show, Bill Gates explained that "good medical advice and mentoring will be free and commonplace." Gates emphasized that he wanted to encourage the next generation to use the tools offered by artificial intelligence. In this regard, Gates added, "I'm encouraging young people at Microsoft, at OpenAI, wherever I can find them."
Instead, he acknowledged that certain activities will always be exclusive to humans: "There will be some things we keep to ourselves," referring to certain leisure activities. "But when it comes to creating, transporting, and growing food, those problems will eventually be virtually completely solved," Gates said, referring to the tasks that artificial intelligence will be able to perform.
Still, Gates has raised legitimate concerns about the rapid development of AI, citing its propensity for errors and misinformation. But the billionaire has said that if he were to launch a startup today, he would focus on an AI-centric initiative: "Today, someone could raise billions of dollars for an AI startup [that only has] some preliminary ideas."