Despite the poor reception of Copilot, Bill Gates is quite optimistic about AI, with the former CEO saying in an interview this week that we will not need humans “for most things” as the technology evolves.
While we are still in the early stages of AI development in 2025, those in the tech industry haven’t held back when it comes talking about the potential for this technology to change the way we live.
Bill Gates took that to another level this week, waxing poetic about all the jobs and tasks that AI will be able to do for us without any human intervention in just 10 years.
Bill Gates and the Future of AI
In an interview on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Bill Gates talked about a lot of stuff, including his grandkids, his battles with Steve Jobs, and his new book Source Code.
What stood out to many, though, were the few minutes he spent talking about AI, in which he discussed how the technology is likely to evolve over the next decade, and what kind of tasks it will take on, often better than humans.
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“The era that we’re just starting is that intelligence is rare, a great doctor or a great teacher. And with AI, over the next decade, that will become free and commonplace. Great medical advice. Great tutoring.” – Bill Gates
On top of that, when Jimmy Fallon tentatively asked whether or not we will need humans in the future, Gates responded, “Not for most things,” to which the talk show host and studio audience responded with nervous laughter.
Is AI Actually Replacing Jobs?
Bill Gates did make the distinction in this interview that, while AI is currently quite advanced, this level of job replacement isn’t expect for at least another decade.
He’s not wrong, as the number of jobs replaced by AI are still quite low. The Impact of Technology on the Workplace report from Tech.co found that only 14% of business owners state that AI has extensively removed the need for certain job roles in 2025.
This is likely due to the fact that AI errors and mistakes are substantially prevalent in the technology today, which means that no one is itching to trust a robust with their education or the medical advice.
The AI Skills Gap
Just because businesses aren’t replacing human job roles now, doesn’t mean they won’t in the near future. To prepare for the inevitable day when robots aren’t so prone to mistakes, becoming familiar with how to use these AI tools for your own career development is key to long-term success
Unfortunately, the AI skills gap is widening by the minute, with more and more businesses and employees ignoring the value and importance of understanding the technology.
If you want to get hired, simply put, you need to know a bit about AI, with 87% of businesses believing that hiring employees with AI expertise is at least slightly important, compared to only 66% in 2023.
