Bill Gates, the man behind Microsoft, the Windows operating system, and the personal computer era in the late 1980s. twentieth century has always been an enthusiast of the future and its technological possibilities. So it should come as no surprise that this new era of his life as a philanthropist activist put two of your most recent obsessions under a positive lens: Artificial intelligence and climate change.
It happens that the champion recently has expressed optimism about the potential of AI to accelerate innovation and facilitate the fight against climate change. However, he also warned about the importance of its responsible and ethical use, since in the wrong hands it could be a dangerous thing.
This is how Bill Gates joins this new trend, which we already saw a little with Elon Musk, where there is a vision that leans towards being cautious but without ceasing to be enthusiastic about the potential of what could be achieved with this technology in various fields.
Bill Gates has faith in AI to tackle climate change
In an interview with Sky Newsin The World With Yalda Hakim, during the Breakthrough Energy Summit In London, Bill Gates spoke about these two avant-garde themes that would seem incompatible with each other, however they have coincided in some projects.
But he said that the Artificial intelligence It has so far played a relatively modest role in combating climate change. However, he highlighted that this technology has the potential to transform the way we address this global challenge:
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“AI helps us model things in science: better understand materials, catalysts, and how to make proteins. In all fields of activity, AI will accelerate innovation, whether in medicine or helping with mentoring and education
[Con] he [cambio] climate, some of the more complex things like modeling fusion energy, will be much easier to do thanks to artificial intelligence.”
Fusion energy is a clean and sustainable technology that has the potential to revolutionize energy production, helping to restore the balance that our planet and the environment so desperately need. However, not everything is perfect and hopeful in the vision of genius.
Bill Gates is concerned about what humans could do with Artificial Intelligence
Despite his enthusiasm for the potential of AI, Gates recognized also the risks associated with its development and use. To such a degree that he expressed concern about the possibility of this technology being used for malicious purposes, such as cyber attacks or the manipulation of public opinion:
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“AI is so important that we have to make sure it is used primarily by people with good intentions. “We have to make sure that the good guys are at the forefront of detecting and preventing that type of use.”
Bill believes that the most important thing will be to advance medical science, promote education and address this issue of climate change with the boost of Artificial Intelligence. But the reality is that there is a long way to go.