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Sat, 08/12/2023 - 11:11am

'The most stunning demo I've ever seen in my life': ChatGPT impressed Bill Gates by acing AP Bio exam

Bill Gates has a net worth of $113.9 billion per Forbes.Alex Wong/Getty ImagesOn an episode of his "Unconfuse Me" podcast, Bill Gates explains how ChatGPT stunned him.The chatbot demonstrated human-like thinking in just two months of development, Gates said.ChatGPT achieved the highest possible score on an AP Bio exam while Gates watched.Artificial intelligence is advancing quickly, and tech billionaire Bill Gates is continuously impressed by its capabilities.In a Thursday episode of his podcast, "Unconfuse Me," Gates spoke with Khan Academy CEO Sal Khan about "the most stunning demo I've ever seen in my life." The billionaire watched ChatGPT achieve the highest possible score on an AP Biology exam in August 2022.ChatGPT, a generative AI program, was created by Microsoft partner OpenAI, and has been the center of debates about education.When Gates issued the challenge to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to develop the chatbot enough to score highly on the AP Biology exam, he expected the process to take years."I thought, 'OK, that'll give me three years to work on HIV and malaria,'" he said on the episode.It only took two months for ChatGPT to be capable of acing the test.

 

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