BILL Gates has spoken out against calls for to put a pause on the development of artificial intelligence.
Elon Musk along with over 1,000 AI experts recently signed an open letter which urges for a pause on creating new systems “more powerful” than current bots like ChatGPT.
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As the CEO of Microsoft, Gates is already tied to OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
That’s because Microsoft is a backer of OpenAI’s new GPT-4.
That chatbot can have human-like conversations and write impressive chunks of texts on endless topics.
ChatGPT already has humans fearing for their jobs and experts now fear AI could pose great risks to society.
The recent open letter said: “Powerful AI systems should be developed only once we are confident that their effects will be positive and their risks will be manageable.”
However, Gates recently told Reuters that he does not agree.
The billionaire told the outlet: “I don’t think asking one particular group to pause solves the challenges.”
He did warn: “Clearly there’s huge benefits to these things… what we need to do is identify the tricky areas.”
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The tech genius also published a blog the day after the open letter was released.
It’s titled “The Age of AI has Begun”.
In it he writes: “Any new technology that’s so disruptive is bound to make people uneasy, and that’s certainly true with artificial intelligence.
“I understand why—it raises hard questions about the workforce, the legal system, privacy, bias, and more.
“AIs also make factual mistakes and experience hallucinations.”
However, Gates thinks the benefits outweigh the risks when it comes to AI and that humanity could actually gain from its abilities.
