Bill Gates: AI Is "The First Technology That Has No Limit"

hey everybody we're back with Bill Gates you have a you have a new Netflix docu series it's called what's next the future with Bill Gates and in one episode which fascinated me is that you talk to Bernie Sanders now Bernie Sanders uh does not say great things about the fact that there are billionaires he doesn't believe there's any reason there should be billionaires how do you some people agree with him right here um what what's it like hanging with Bernie for you well he's kind of predictable uh you know he he wishes we were Rich

enough that we could be more generous and so you know how do you raise that Revenue without destroying the uh capitalistic system that you know makes the US the Envy of the world and so for that episode on inequality I I talked to Mitt Romney I talk to Bernie Sanders you know I get these uh different viewpoints I told Bernie that I would make the um tax system more Progressive I would have paid uh you know twice as much in taxes but I I would still be a billionaire uh so he he would get rid

of 99% of my money I'd only get rid of 50% of it uh but if you got rid of 99 if you got 99% of your money you'd still be a multi-billionaire no no no and you have $138 billion and I can do math right if you if you get rid of 99% I'd have one .3 billion I'm I'm so sorry I'm I wouldn't want anyone I wouldn't want anyone to have only $1.3 billion that's what Bernie said what are we talking Mark Cuban money here love you love you Mark um do do you think

um do you think I would enjoy being a billionaire yes you think I would enjoy it well yeah yeah because I'm telling you for the price the low low price of $1 billion I'm willing to disagree with Bernie Sanders right here and right now what's the best thing about being a billion uh I'd say two things one is you don't have to worry you know you can send your kids to any school uh you know you're not going to have any problems and uh if you're charitably minded then you can pick things you believe in

malnutrition whatever it is C you want to work on and you can be incredibly generous uh and help help them through things and you're planning on giving most of the money away right don't you have I forget what it is you and a bunch of other billionaires have got this sort of Charity pledge that you've you've signed what does the Pledge actually say yeah it's called The Giving pledge uh you know I've committed to give over 95% of my money away to join the pledge you only have to commit to give the majority away uh

okay 51% and above there you go that's it wow um so a lot of people these days are concerned about the rise of AI does it frighten you does it worry you AI some what what worries you about it like our robot overlords rising up to enslave us or the fact that we'll kind of get intellectually lazy and the evolution of our own intellect will stop because we're Outsourcing that need to a machine well it's it's the first technology that has no limit I mean when you invent a tractor or even a cell phone you

kind of figure out okay that's we can figure out how that's going to change life here where the AI is very intelligent and when you put it in robotic form it can do a lot of both blue collar and white collar jobs the fact that's happening over the next decade the idea of do we really trust government to adjust the tax policies and make sure that you okay we're shortening the work week so it's happening very fast and it's unlimited a lot of it is super good like you know inner city inner city uh personal

tutors for all the kids uh great health care even in the poor countries uh so the good stuff which maybe gets crowded out uh by the these fears um That's so exciting and you know that's also not a personal relationship it's AI it reminds me of the sort of the cruel experiments with the baby monkeys who had a bottle that was wrapped in carpet to simulate a mommy and a bottle that was just on a wire frame and they both got food but the wireframe monkeys died from the lack of warmth that they wanted from

a physical mother an AI teacher isn't a human being who can perceive my needs and a doctor even though AI has no bedside manner to understand to see the person who needs the help isn't there also a bit of a reesus monkey danger there probably not um I had examples you just said no it it the ideal per learning is to have a personal tutor who understands your motivation who's seen what you're getting right and wrong and the AIS can learn from the very best personal tutors uh you know until you use this stuff it's

pretty surprising you know I uh it was two years ago when I first saw this chat GPT and it was kind of mindblowing because it came kind of all of a sudden sure and yes its ability to learn from the best and uh provided by some be there 24 hours a day I mean to have your mental health advisor there 24 hours a day to have your personal are immediately giving you feedback it uh you know it's there's been a lot of science fiction movies like her where you you really are you are connected yes

well Bill thanks so much for stopping by thanks for your efforts to make it a better Planet you can read the 2024 goalkeepers report on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation website there's the QR code Bill Gates everybody we'll be right back with Dr Jane Goodall a [Music]