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Bill Gates says AI will replace doctors, teachers within 10 years — and claims humans won’t be needed ‘for most things’
By Ariel Zilber
Published March 27, 2025, 11:52 a.m. ET
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Bill Gates predicted that advancements in artificial intelligence will significantly reduce humanity’s role in many traditional tasks such as medicine and education — and the seismic shift could happen in less than
10 years.
During a recent interview with comedian Jimmy Fallon on NBC’s “The
Tonight Show,” the Microsoft co-founder described a future where humans
are no longer necessary “for most things” because AI technology will readily perform tasks that currently require specialized human skills.
Today, expertise in fields such as medicine and education remains
“rare,” Gates said, adding that those areas depend on “a great doctor” or “a great teacher.”
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says that advancements in artificial intelligence will eventually negate the need for doctors and teachers.
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says that advancements in artificial intelligence will eventually negate the need for doctors and teachers.
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But over the next decade, “great medical advice [and] great tutoring”
will become free and commonplace, Gates said.
Gates further elaborated on this vision of a new era he terms “free intelligence” in a conversation last month with Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor known for his research on happiness.
AI technology will increasingly permeate daily life, revolutionizing
areas from healthcare and diagnosis to education — with AI tutors
becoming broadly available, the mogul predicted.
“It’s very profound and even a little bit scary — because it’s happening
very quickly, and there is no upper bound,” Gates told Brooks.
There is considerable debate about the future roles humans will play in
an AI-driven society.
While some analysts suggest AI will primarily help mankind become more productive and potentially create new economic opportunities and
employment, others express concern about job stability.
Gates recently told "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon that humans won't
be necessary "for most things" thanks to AI.
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Gates recently told “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon that humans won’t
be necessary “for most things” thanks to AI.
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman believes that the transformation of
work by AI will have a “hugely destabilizing” impact.
In his 2023 book, “The Coming Wave,” Suleyman writes: “These tools will only temporarily augment human intelligence. They will make us smarter
and more efficient for a time, and will unlock enormous amounts of
economic growth, but they are fundamentally labor replacing.”
Despite acknowledging potential disruptions, Gates remains optimistic
about AI’s positive contributions, including breakthroughs in medical treatments, climate solutions and widespread education.
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Today, expertise in fields such as medicine and education remains
“rare,” Gates said, adding that those areas depend on “a great doctor” or “a great teacher.”
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Nonetheless, he recognizes certain activities will always remain human-specific.
“There will be some things we reserve for ourselves,” Gates told Fallon, citing entertainment activities as examples.
“But in terms of making things and moving things and growing food, over
time those will be basically solved problems.”
Still, Gates acknowledges legitimate concerns surrounding AI’s rapid development — highlighting its propensity for errors and misinformation online in a 2023 blog post.
But the billionaire said that if he were to launch a startup today, he
would pursue an “AI-centric” venture.
“Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that’s just] a few sketch ideas,” Gates told CNBC’s “Make It” last September.
AI technology will increasingly permeate daily life, revolutionizing
areas from healthcare and diagnosis to education -- with AI tutors
becoming broadly available, Gates predicted.
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AI technology will increasingly permeate daily life, revolutionizing
areas from healthcare and diagnosis to education — with AI tutors
becoming broadly available, Gates predicted.
Adobe Stock Illustration
Gates said he wanted to encourage the next generation, adding: “I’m encouraging young people at Microsoft, OpenAI, wherever I find them:
‘Hey, here’s the frontier.’ Because you’re taking a fresher look at this
than I am, and that’s your fantastic opportunity.”
Gates has anticipated AI’s revolutionary potential for nearly a decade.
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In 2017, he highlighted Google’s DeepMind as a “profound milestone,” marveling at its capacity to outperform humans in the complex board game Go.
Gates has admitted that recent breakthroughs surpassed even his
expectations.
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