Bill Gates: "AI Will Be a Good Tutor... Contributing to Educational Equality"

"Will Become a Good Assistant Teacher After 18 Months"
Remarks Highlighting AI Advantages and Positive Functions Draw Attention

Microsoft (MS) co-founder Bill Gates predicted that artificial intelligence (AI) will become a teacher that teaches children how to read and write.

On the 22nd (local time), the U.S. economic media CNBC reported that Gates said at the ‘ASU+GSV Summit’ held in San Diego, USA, on the 18th, “AI will have the ability to become as excellent a tutor as any human.”

Gates said that the current AI chatbot’s reading and writing skills are incredibly fluent and predicted, “You will be amazed when you see how AI can help with reading and writing.”

He added, “In just 18 months, AI will provide feedback on writing as an assistant to teachers.” He also expressed confidence that AI’s reasoning ability to handle complex mathematical calculations will improve within two years.

Microsoft (MS) co-founder Bill Gates
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Furthermore, Gates said, “The cost of having a private tutor is too expensive for most students,” and that the advancement of AI will reduce private education costs and contribute to educational equality.

Recently, AI experts and IT industry executives such as Elon Musk have argued that “AI will pose a serious threat to humanity” and called for a temporary halt to its development.

However, Gates took the opposite stance, saying, “I don’t think the problem will be solved just because certain groups request a temporary pause in AI development,” drawing attention with remarks focusing on the advantages and positive functions of AI.

In an interview with foreign media on the 3rd, Gates emphasized, “It is certain that these things have tremendous benefits,” and “So what we need to do is accurately identify the problematic parts.”

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