Less than a year ago, artificial intelligence felt like something out of a science fiction novel to many people. Today, AI models like ChatGPT, DALL\u00b7E, and more are becoming part of everyday life. And the technology that allows machines to see, read, think, write, and create (or at least seem like they can) is getting better by the day.
\nNaturally, as AI capabilities continue to improve, the concerns grow, too. With each advancement made, it feels like there\u2019s another risk to worry about. For every positive headline about an AI-related story, it\u2019s easy to picture a potential negative one\u2014even if the doom-and-gloom is still hypothetical\u2014from deepfakes that could undermine democracy, to increased cyber-attacks, to more cheating (and less learning) in school, to the proliferation of misinformation, to jobs being taken by machines.
\nI\u2019ve been thinking a lot about these risks and the questions they pose for society. They need to be taken seriously. But there\u2019s good reason to believe that we can deal with them: We\u2019ve done it before.
\nAs I explain in my recent Gates Notes post, \u201cThe risks of AI are real but manageable,\u201d today\u2019s and tomorrow\u2019s AIs might be unprecedented\u2014but nearly every major innovation in the past has also introduced novel threats that had to be considered and controlled. If we move fast, we can do it again. If we manage the risks of AI, we can help ensure that they\u2019re outweighed by the rewards (of which I believe there are many).
\n**** BILL GATES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Less than a year ago, artificial intelligence felt like something out of a science fiction novel to many people. Today, AI models like ChatGPT, DALL\u00b7E, and more are becoming part of everyday life. And the technology that allows machines to see, read, think, write, and create (or at least seem like they can) is getting …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7455,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-tech"],"yoast_head":"\n