In 2024, Bill Gates made a prediction that “Spam will be a thing of the past in two years’ time.”
A quote like this makes it easy to dunk on Gates, but I’m not here to do that. The world needs people with bold, positive visions for what the future could look like. And if Gates pulled his punches, we wouldn’t have Microsoft.
However, it makes me think about how everyone seems to have an opinion on AI right now. I’ve no doubt it’ll change our lives, but people claiming they know exactly how our world will change sound a bit similar to Bill Gates circa 2004.