The Future With Bill Gates
The Future With Bill Gates – Philanthropist Bill Gates delves into pressing global issues and uncovers cutting-edge technologies that will transform the world.
The terror-inducing statements come thick and fast in the opening episode of this documentary series, What’s Next?
The Future With Bill Gates. A lot of them are said by people who have had a big hand in inventing the stuff, which is not hugely reassuring.
Experts, innovators, tech journalists and – uh – film director James Cameron (there to deliver an extended metaphor about not waiting until an iceberg hits to see how you’ll deal with it when you’re steering the new AI ship) are interviewed by the Microsoft founder turned billionaire philanthropist.
Storyline for The Future With Bill Gates
In What’s Next?
The Future With Bill Gates, the former CEO of Microsoft takes a look at various aspects of humanity’s future and how currently emerging tech will affect those aspects, both for good and bad.
He’s not just there in name only, or just provides some perfunctory narration.
We see him meeting with the most influential people in tech, and he interviews many of the experts in each episode.
People at the cutting edge of the technology that may save us in each case are interviewed, along with a celebrity or two (including Cameron, Lady Gaga and, with crushing inevitability, Bono).
A promising scheme or two that Gates is backing to solve the problem is cheerily outlined (new generation nuclear power plants that won’t pollute or kill us!).
Gates ends with an uplifting thought in voiceover or in person, and everything is very brightly lit.
Episodes of The Future With Bill Gates
The first episode is entitled “What AI Can Do For Us/To Us,” and the duality of the title is indicative of just where we are with artificial intelligence in 2024.
Gates, as well as the show’s producers (Morgan Neville and Caitrin Rogers are the show’s toplined EPs) speak to a number of people that are involved in the development of AI software, like OpenAI’s founder Greg Brockman.
They also talk to experts who study the technology like Dr. Fei-Fei Li of Stanford University.
S1.E1 ∙ What will AI do for us/to us?
Love or loathe him, Microsoft founder Bill Gates presents an easily digested documentary series on the threats and opportunities facing humanity now and in the future.
Episodes of The Future With Bill Gates S1.E2 ∙ Truth or Consequences?
Preserving truth in an era of misinformation is challenging. Bill traces the life cycle and impact of conspiracy theories, with insights from Lady Gaga.
S1.E3 ∙ Can we stop global warming?
Episodes of The Future With Bill Gates S1.E4 ∙ Can you be too rich?
The income gap is a growing concern with far-reaching implications. Bill explores ways to address inequality with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Mitt Romney
S1.E5 ∙ Can we outsmart disease?
Can technology help eradicate infectious diseases?
Bill meets with Dr. Anthony Facui and other public health experts to examine the latest breakthroughs.
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