Below are extracts from a blog by Bill Gates. Read online: https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun?WT.mc_id=202303211000...
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The Age of AI has begun
Artificial intelligence is as revolutionary as mobile phones and the Internet.
'... We asked [GPT] a non-scientific question: “What do you say to a father with a sick child?” It wrote a thoughtful answer that was probably better than most of us in the room would have given. The whole experience was stunning...'
'Globally, the worst inequity is in health: 5 million children under the age of 5 die every year. That’s down from 10 million two decades ago, but it’s still a shockingly high number. Nearly all of these children were born in poor countries and die of preventable causes like diarrhea or malaria. It’s hard to imagine a better use of AIs than saving the lives of children...
Global health and education are two areas where there’s great need and not enough workers to meet those needs. These are areas where AI can help reduce inequity if it is properly targeted. These should be a key focus of AI work, so I will turn to them now...
AIs will even give patients the ability to do basic triage, get advice about how to deal with health problems, and decide whether they need to seek treatment.
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Neil Pakenham-Walsh
