Microsoft founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence programs could dramatically change the world.
Gates commented on ChatGPT, an AI program that responds to queries with human-like responses, during a Friday interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt Today.
“Until now, artificial intelligence could read and write, but could not understand the content. The new programs like ChatGPT will make many office jobs more efficient by helping to write invoices or letters. This will change our world,” Gates told the German outlet.
OpenAI, a startup Microsoft is backing with around $10 billion, presented the software in November. Consumers were amazed by the accurate human-like responses, making it a fixation in Silicon Valley circles for its surprisingly accurate and well-written answers to simple prompts.
“AI is going to be debated as the hottest topic of 2023. And you know what? That’s appropriate.” Gates said in a Forbes interview earlier this month. “This is every bit as important as the PC, as the internet.”
