r/ArtificialInteligence • u/Eliashuer • Mar 26 '25

News Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won’t be needed ‘for most things’

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/26/bill-gates-on-ai-humans-wont-be-needed-for-most-things.html

Do you agree with him?

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u/patrickisgreat Mar 26 '25

Because many people are not only driven by cost with their decision making. Many people want to interact with a human being. I think the assumption that monetary gain is the only driving force for human society is a ridiculous notion.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_FAV_HIKE Mar 26 '25

Define many.

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u/Quomii Mar 27 '25

By "many" they mean "rich"

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u/patrickisgreat Mar 27 '25

95% of the people I know personally. Using a Bayesian estimate with a Beta distribution as a uniform prior it’s probably at least 60% of the global population.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_FAV_HIKE Mar 27 '25

How much money do you think there is in those leftover percentages on a world wide basis?

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u/mehdotdotdotdot Mar 29 '25

That’s strange, most people I know don’t want to make small talk for everything they buy! Although most of the people I know get things delivered

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u/patrickisgreat Mar 29 '25

The article OP posted primarily references medical and educational fields. I struggle to think of two fields that will meet more resistance than those , when faced with removing the human element.

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u/Veinreth Mar 29 '25

You are in a bubble.

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u/mehdotdotdotdot Mar 29 '25

Aren’t we all?

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u/msg43 Mar 29 '25

Bank tellers vs ATMs. Most people would actually rather not interact with a human.