Bill Gates feels Generative AI has plateaued, says GPT-5 will not be any better
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The billionaire philanthropist in an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, shared his thoughts on Artificial general intelligence, climate change, and the scope of AI in the future.

Bill Gates feels Generative AI has plateaued, says GPT-5 will not be any better::The billionaire philanthropist in an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt, shared his thoughts on Artificial general intelligence, climate change, and the scope of AI in the future.

  • Red_October@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1517·
    2 years ago

    And the Wright Brothers said heavier than air flight would only ever be an amusement for the rich, and never commercially viable.

    Even taking Gates’ qualifications at face value doesn’t mean he’s actually right.

    • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      2 years ago

      Source on that quote from the Wright brothers? Because they never said that as far as I’m aware.

      • RememberTheApollo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        2 years ago

        They didn’t, AFAIK. It was a NYT article that quoted someone who made a similar prediction:

        Once the Wright Brothers proved flight was possible, some assumed it was just a pointless rich play thing. Famed astronomer William H. Pickering said, “The expense would be prohibitive to any but the capitalist who could use his own yacht.”

    • Red0ctober@lemmy.worldEnglish
      58·
      2 years ago

      He just has money, which gives him and too many others the idea that he has expertise.