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The Microsoft co-founder shared his chilling predictions in a blog post published earlier this week, in which he noted that 2023 was the first time he had used “artificial intelligence for work and other serious reasons,” and “not just to mess around and create parody song lyrics for my friends.”

Theepochtimes.com reports: Mr. Gates said this year has given the world a glimpse into how AI will shape the future and impact the next generation, providing a better sense of where and when it might be applied and where it will likely serve as a “copilot.” 

Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs economists warned two-thirds of occupations across America could be partially automated by AI, while a March research paper by the University of Pennsylvania and OpenAI employees found that the majority of white-collar jobs in the United States can be completed more efficiently with the help of the AI system ChatGPT.

Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in OpenAI, the makers behind ChatGPT.

Mr. Gates noted the swift advances in AI this year and its growing application in various sectors, noting that it’s now “clearer than ever how AI can be used to improve access to education, mental health, and more.”

However, he cautioned that the technology must be used to help reduce, and not contribute toward, “the awful inequities we see around the world.”

AI Use in Medicine

“We are just at the beginning of this transition right now,” he continued, adding that AI “is about to accelerate the rate of new discoveries at a pace we’ve never seen before.”

Mr. Gates said one of the biggest impacts AI has had so far is in creating new medicines, noting that it can speed up the process of drug discovery “significantly.”

He said that experts are currently assessing AI to see if it can be used to combat antibiotic resistance, help treat high-risk pregnancies, help people assess their risk of HIV, and make medical information easier to access for all health workers.

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