Bill Gates says OpenAI’s GPT is the most significant development in technology since 1980

According to Bill Gates, OpenAI’s GPT is the most significant development in technology since 1980.

Key Points:

• Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, claims that OpenAI’s GPT AI model is the most ground-breaking development in technology since he first encountered a contemporary graphical desktop in 1980.
• The entire experience was breathtaking, Gates said. I was aware that I had just witnessed the biggest development in technology since the graphical user interface.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund Seventh Replenishment Conference in New York on September 21, 2022.

Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft, claims that OpenAI’s GPT AI model represents the most ground-breaking development in technology since he first encountered a contemporary graphical desktop environment (GUI) in 1980.

Before that, command lines were used to control computers. Gates built Windows around the “GUI” technology, resulting in a powerful piece of contemporary software.

Gates now draws comparisons to OpenAI’s GPT models, which can produce text that closely resembles human output and almost usable computer code.

He stated in a blog post on Tuesday that he had previously challenged the OpenAI team to create an AI system that could pass the Advanced Placement Biology test. According to OpenAI, GPT-4, which was made available to the public last week, received the highest score.

The entire experience was breathtaking, Gates said. I was aware that I had just witnessed the biggest development in technology since the graphical user interface.

As important as the invention of the microprocessor, personal computer, Internet, and cell phone was the development of artificial intelligence. It will alter how people work, study, travel, receive medical care, and interact with one another. It will change the direction of entire industries. Businesses will distinguish themselves by how well they use it,” he continued.

Gates is the most well-known technologist to date to express an opinion on the significance of recent advances in AI for the future of technology. He joins former Google and Amazon CEOs Eric Schmidt and Jeff Bezos in stating that data-based machine learning has the potential to transform entire industries.

CEOs in the present also see enormous business opportunities in AI tools and applications. A “Phone moment,” defined as the period when a new technology becomes widely used and entrepreneurs see opportunities for new businesses and products, was described by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday.

The company that created the GPT model, OpenAI, is well-connected to Gates and Microsoft. Microsoft made a $10 billion investment in the startup and offers some of its AI software for sale via Azure cloud services.

Gates advises that when discussing AI, people should “balance fears” of biased, inaccurate, or unfriendly tools with the technology’s potential to make lives better. He also thinks that governments and philanthropic organizations should support AI tools to enhance health and education in developing nations because businesses might not always decide to make those investments on their own.