Bill Gates Says AI Could Mean , the End of Search Engines.<br />Gates recently spoke at a San Francisco tech event called AI Forward, Insider reports.<br />He said that artificial intelligence could become advanced enough to eliminate the need for search engines or online shopping.<br />That's because top AI firms would likely develop personal digital agents. .<br />Whoever wins the personal agent, <br />that's the big thing, because you will never go to a search site again, you will never go to a productivity site, you'll never go to Amazon again, Bill Gates, speaking at AI Forward.<br />For example, a personal digital agent could "read the stuff you don't have time to read.".<br />While Gates would like Microsoft to have a hand in developing such a technology.<br />he said there's a 50% chance that a startup will become a leader in AI in the future. .<br />The technology is still far from being <br />ready for widespread use, Gates said.<br />Gates published a letter called <br />'The Age of AI has Begun' in March.<br />In it, he states that developing AI is <br />"as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal computer, <br />the internet and the mobile phone."
