Bill Gates Pitches AI as Fix to “Digital Misinformation”

Bill Gates (co-founder of Microsoft) has spoken out about the potential of artificial intelligence to combat poverty. ‘digital misinformation.’

A recent interview was conducted with HandelsblattGates answered a question regarding, a German news outlet. “misinformation” via A.I. Referring to the Capitol Riot of January 6, 2021.

“I’m certainly concerned about political polarization, and I know the U.S. situation best of all. I wouldn’t have expected people to attack the Capitol, or people to deny the validity of election results. I’m in a state of shock about that,” Gates said.

“We can’t blame A.I. for that. That happened. It may have been magnified by digital channels that allow various conspiracy theories like QAnon or whatever to be blasted out by people who wanted to believe those things,” Gates was also added.

“So, the digital tools may have played an auxiliary role,” Gates continued.

“You’ll have to take A.I. into consideration” To “solve the digital misinformation [problem].”

The Microsoft founder described “political polarization” A.I. could be used to combat another social ill. To reduce “confirmation bias.”

But, A.I. critics claim that it is not the best solution to digital misinformation. However, critics say that A.I. is not the perfect solution to digital misinformation. The technology can only be as good as its data. AI-powered fact-checking tools could make mistakes and flag false information as false. The political views of those who write the AI program are also a concern.

As Wired.com notes:

NewsGuard, a fact checking technology company, placed 100 prompts into ChatGPT in January 2023. These prompts related to false narratives regarding U.S. politics or health care. The chatbot made misleading and false claims in 80 percent of its replies.

Last week, Google’s artificial intelligence bot, Bard, wiped £100 billion from the tech giant’s parent company, Alphabet, after it showed inaccurate information in a promotional video shared on Twitter.

As the Daily Fetched Reports say that Alphabet posted a Bard video via Twitter and promoted it as “a great movie.” ‘launch pad for curiosity’ To simplify complicated topics

Google’s new AI Chatbot bot was asked what to tell a nine-year-old about the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and its discoveries.

However, Bard responded by saying Webb was the first to take pictures of a planet outside of earth’s solar system. This was incorrect because it was actually done in 2004 by the European Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.

The incorrect answer caused the value of Alphabet to crash towards £ 1 trillion.

While Bill Gates While he did not mention any dangers of A.I., the author did. “climate change” Humanity is at grave risk

“It’s not optional to have a solution for climate,” He stated that carbon dioxide emissions must also be controlled, “to zero” via “clean energy” “green energy” substitutes.

Gates concluded his speculations by speculating on the possibility that war in Ukraine might be won. “energize the recognition” Because of the presumption that carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced.

“It’s now seen that in the 10- to 20-year-time frame that the goals of climate and the goals of energy security align,” He stated that “to say that investment in green infrastructure is even more of a priority than it was before the war.”

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