However, he highlighted that AI is “improving at a rate that surprises” him. Gates said this while differentiating between basic AI and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which has now become a common topic of discussion. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has claimed that while artificial intelligence (AI) can currently replace humans in simpler tasks, but it is not capable enough to handle the most complex coding tasks yet. The tech billionaire shared his insights on the rapid progression of AI in an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. Gates noted that experts in the field disagree on whether AI will achieve this capability within the next one to two years or if it is still a decade away.
In the interview, which is available on YouTube , Gates said: “People talk about writing code. The most complex coding tasks, it’s not able to do it yet. And people in the field disagree if that is (happening) in the next year or two, or is it more like ten years away? But AI is improving at a rate that surprises me.cThings like this deep research capability. Few times a day I take some complex question and just for fun, I see that AI does an awfully good job, gathering all the materials and bringing it and summarising what I need to know.”
Simple coding tasks, AI today can replace human work.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on AI’s impact on different types of jobs
That starts to affect even larger classes of labour. So this is a profound set of changes. I’m working with Microsoft and OpenAI on these things. My lens is to let’s make sure it gets out in low-income countries to help with their health, education and agriculture.”
In parallel, the blue-collar work, when the robotic arms start to be decent, which they’re not today.