The double face of Artificial Intelligence: Bill Gates talks about a duality that society will have to learn to handle

This morning, during breakfast, I came across some curious news. Among the population in Europe, one in four people has more trust in artificial intelligence than in a politician. Perhaps if that survey was carried out in Spain, the percentage would be higher, but now it is not relevant.

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The truth is that the presence of AI, yes, the one that Arnold named back in 1984 or Morpheus in 1999, has more and more prominence in our lives. An ever-growing presence thatarouses praise as well as puts our system on alert, something that Bill Gates recently confessed during his participation in the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence event."

A dangerous duality

During his speech at the prestigious Stanford University, the founder of Microsoft offered his opinion on Artificial Intelligence A well-founded opinion of someone knowing much of the ins and outs and who knows, yes, secrets, of what the immediate technological future could bring us.

And the truth, far from what many might expect, Gates' words in this regard throw a bittersweet taste On the one hand, he praises the potential that the adoption of AI can offer, but on the other hand warns of the great danger that irresponsible use entails. In fact, he came to compare it in danger with nuclear technology, as an advance in humanity capable of offering the best and the worst.

Artificial Intelligence can have these two faces, Harvey Dent style.A friendly face that can offer multiple beneficial aspects for society and that should be exploited, but also a dark and sinister face if its use is focused in the wrong ways.

On the positive side, Gates brings up his philanthropic activity and talks about applications in he alth or its application in the field of he althcare and he althAI can help discover new drugs and treatments and this possibility must be seized.

Education is another of the most sensitive fields, as the adoption of AI could transform education as we know it today , making it easier for students to have AI-assisted teachers

A way of achieving individualized and oriented learning to improve the abilities of the student in an individualized way through more assistance to teachers appropriate.

In the dark part, however, comparisons with nuclear technology come to light, although it establishes nuances. While the weapons that were developed almost entirely by governments and armies, the development of AI falls to university laboratories and private companies. According to Gates, governments don't look at AI and legacy technologies in the same way.

However,Gates ended his participation leaving an optimistic viewof the use of Artificial Intelligence. In the future, AI and machines will perform a large number of activities that are now unthinkable. It remains to be seen how humans assume this step to a secondary role in many aspects and how we deal with problems such as the increase in unemployment that this evolution can cause.

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