Bill Gates Predicts AI Chatbots Could Teach Kids To Read In Less Than 18 Months
According to Microsoft co-founder-turned-philanthropist Bill Gates, artificial intelligence chatbots could teach kids to read in less than 18 months. Speaking at the ASU+GSV Summit on Tuesday, Bill Gates that AIs "will get [the] ability to be as good a tutor as any human ever could."
Gates added how current generation of AI chatbots like OpenAI's viral ChatGPT and Google's Bard have "incredible fluency at being able to read and write," and will soon help teach students to improve their reading and writing in ways that technology couldn't in the past.
How AI could educate kids in the near-future
"At first, we¡¯ll be most stunned by how it helps with reading ¡ª being a reading research assistant ¡ª and giving you feedback on writing," Gates said.
He noted how teaching a computer how to write has been incredibly difficult in the past. When teachers usually give feedback on writing, they look at how the narrative is woven and how clear the prose is, a "high-cognitive exercise" that Gates said has been "tough" for developers to imitate in code.
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AI chatbots like ChatGPT are getting smarter every year - with the ability to summarise text and even give feedback on various texts. Such AI tools are also able to write whole essays, but are susceptible to making factual errors.
"If you just took the next 18 months, the AIs will come in as a teacher¡¯s aide and give feedback on writing," said Gates. "And then they will amp up what we¡¯re able to do in math."
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Gates added that he has regularly asked Microsoft's AI developers why AI chatbots cannot perform calculations, realising that AI needs better reasoning abilities to handle complex mathematics calculations. Even then, he's confident the tech will improve tremendously in two years. This way, it'll open up new avenues for students to learn via AI tools.
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