The future leisure time: Bill Gates’ surprising prediction about artificial intelligence that, so far, no one had noticed.
Not only does Bill Gates look forward; he also looks inward. In a recent interview with , the Microsoft founder revisited his personal history and shared his vision on the radical changes that await us.
An Uncommon Childhood
With the publication of his memoir scheduled for October, . He preferred talking to adults rather than his peers, wrote long assignments but had difficulties socializing, and believes that today he would have received some diagnosis on the autism spectrum. Nevertheless,
that changed his life came at the age of 13 when he saw a computer for the first time. Shortly after, he met Paul Allen and together they began a technological adventure that led them to found Microsoft at the age of 20. Since then,
A Revolution that is Just Beginning
, the rise of artificial intelligence marks a before and after even within technological history itself. “The digital revolution has brought the ability to create intelligence,” he asserts. And that, he says,
. He has long been pointing out that some jobs will disappear and that we could end up working only twice a week. In his vision, AI will increase productivity to the point of freeing up huge amounts of time for people.
What Will We Do with So Much Free Time?
That, , is the real philosophical challenge of the future. “AI will allow us to have personalized tutors, advance in medicine… but it will also leave us with a lot of free time. And that raises the big question: how are we going to use it?”.
