Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) assistants would replace companies such as Amazon and Google in the future.
According to CNBC on the 23rd (local time), Bill Gates recently attended the ‘AI Forward 2023’ event held in San Francisco, emphasizing that the development of AI assistants is important to win the future technology competition, and said, “People are “We will no longer use search engines like Google and shopping sites like Amazon with advanced AI assistants.”
Bill Gates believes personal AI assistants will fundamentally change user behavior.
AI assistants are expected to understand individual needs and habits and help them “read what they don’t have time to read.” This means people will not be dependent on search, productivity, and shopping sites.
However, it is predicted that it will take a long time before AI assistants of the future become mainstream.
In addition, Bill Gates said that the odds are half and half as to which of the startups and big tech companies will win the future AI technology development.
Bill Gates said, “I would have been disappointed if Microsoft had not participated (in the AI assistant),” but “I was very impressed with the performance of several startups, including Inflation.”
Inflection is an AI startup founded by exes from Microsoft and Google. In the AI market, it is taking a differentiation strategy such as asking follow-up questions or changing the way of speaking so that conversations between humans and chatbots can continue by learning human interaction as the core.
Bill Gates also spoke about the impact of AI in various fields such as healthcare and labor.
He analyzed that AI has accelerated innovation in space technology and accelerated drug development. He also sees AI getting closer to creating a cure for Alzheimer’s, which could be possible within 10 years at the earliest.
It was also evaluated that generative AI technologies such as Chat GPT have become a “game changer” for white-collar workers. He also added that in the future, humanoids, which are humanoid robots, could have a multifaceted effect on blue-collar workers.
Source: Donga
Mark Jones is a world traveler and journalist for News Rebeat. With a curious mind and a love of adventure, Mark brings a unique perspective to the latest global events and provides in-depth and thought-provoking coverage of the world at large.