Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, has weighed in on the relevance of Web3, the metaverse, and AI (artificial intelligence), a set of technologies currently under development. Gates claimed that AI was “the big” revolutionary technology that is comparable to what the Internet was in the year 2000.

Bill Gates calls AI technology ‘revolutionary’

Bill Gates, one of the co-founders of software giant Microsoft, has delivered his opinion on the status and relevance of various emerging technologies being developed today.

In a recent Reddit AMA, Gates showed a preference for AI (artificial intelligence) over other alternatives like Web3 and the metaverse, when asked about the relevance of this set of developing technologies and the similarities they shared with the Internet during their developments. the beginning. years.

Gates stated:

The AI ​​is the big one. I don’t think Web3 was that big or the metaverse stuff alone was revolutionary, but the AI ​​is pretty revolutionary.

However, Gates said his occupations went in other directions, as he was more focused on innovations like helping pregnant women know if they need hospital care early using ultrasound technology and treating conditions like malnutrition and anemia.

Microsoft and AI

Gates also weighed in directly on generative AI, a branch of intelligence that can create its own content, rather than derive it from other available work. On this, Gates stated:

I’m pretty impressed with the rate of improvement on these AIs. I think they will have a big impact.

The billionaire has taken a negative view of cryptocurrency, warning in February 2021 that users with less money than Elon Musk should be careful putting their funds into cryptocurrency, also explaining that it was based on the “biggest fool theory” in june. He has been more positive about the development of the metaverse, predicting a shift from digital gatherings from 2D images to 3D virtual spaces in 2021.

While Gates is no longer connected to Microsoft, having left the company in 2020, Satya Nadella, the company’s current CEO, seems to share his line of thinking. Microsoft is reportedly considering a $10 billion investment in Openai, the company behind the popular Chatgpt AI bot, which would value the company at $29 billion.

This move, which would allow Microsoft to have 49% of the company’s shares, is a sign of the importance that the organization places on the AI ​​sector.

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