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The Age Of AI Has Begun - Bill Gates

GatesNotes, March 21st, 2023

Artificial intelligence is as revolutionary as mobile phones and the Internet.

Bill Gates writes, "In my lifetime, I've seen two demonstrations of technology that struck me as revolutionary.

The first time was in 1980, when I was introduced to a graphical user interface-the forerunner of every modern operating system, including Windows. I sat with the person who had shown me the demo, a brilliant programmer named Charles Simonyi, and we immediately started brainstorming about all the things we could do with such a user-friendly approach to computing. Charles eventually joined Microsoft, Windows became the backbone of Microsoft, and the thinking we did after that demo helped set the company's agenda for the next 15 years..."

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