Bill Gates and Jensen Huang: Clashing visions on AI's impact
According to Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, programming is one of the three professions that will not be dominated by artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, holds a different opinion, suggesting that young people should focus on learning agriculture.
The development of artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT or DALL-E, raises concerns about the future of many professions. Many people worry whether their workplace will survive the changes brought by AI. Regardless of how you approach it, history is unfolding before our eyes. During a visit to "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, emphasised that artificial intelligence could eliminate many professions. He remarked on the American evening show that people won't be needed for most things.
Which professions will survive the AI revolution?
Despite the pessimistic forecasts, Bill Gates highlighted three key professions that will remain essential: programmers, energy experts, and biologists.
Gates compared learning programming in the age of artificial intelligence to learning multiplication, even though computers handle it perfectly. He also emphasised that the energy sector remains too complex for AI to take over completely. Managing renewable energy sources and optimising the grid require human knowledge and experience. Gates also noted that although AI supports DNA analysis and disease diagnosis, it will not replace human creativity and intuition in discovering new therapies and conducting groundbreaking research.
Agriculture resistant to AI?
Nvidia’s CEO, Jensen Huang, disagrees with this opinion. During the World Government Summit in Dubai, he stated that coding will soon become a redundant skill.
According to him, young people should develop skills in fields such as biology, education, manufacturing, and agriculture instead of coding.
Gates and Huang present different visions of the future of professions in the era of AI. While Gates still sees a place for humans in key areas, Huang suggests that AI could take over many tasks currently performed by humans. In some industries, artificial intelligence may assume routine, repetitive tasks previously performed by humans. To a large extent, whether AI will be a threat to jobs or rather a source of new opportunities depends on how it is implemented and adapted to new market conditions.
