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"If I had to make a prediction, in high-income countries like the United States, I would guess that we are 18-24 months away from significant levels of AI use by the general population," Bill Gates writes on his GatesNote blog.
But in a post this week, the Microsoft co-founder sees 2024 as a "monumental year" for artificial intelligence, one that will have huge implications for global health.
"We now have a better sense of what types of jobs AI will be able to do by itself and which ones it will serve as a copilot for," Gates writes, noting that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been working on AI for decades and that it's " clearer than ever how AI can be used to improve access to education, mental health, and more."
Gates cites an AI-powered tool being developed by the Aurum Institute in Ghana that helps health workers prescribe antibiotics without contributing to antimicrobial resistance, as well as an AI-powered ultrasound that can help identify pregnancy risks.
"It motivates me to make sure this technology helps reduceand doesn't contribute tothe awful inequities we see around the world," he writes, noting that his granddaughter was born in 2023, which has inspired him to think about how AI could
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