At the inaugural edition of Mint Visionaries, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates spoke to Wipro's Rishad Premji about technology and social inclusion. Premji asked Gates about what technology can't be expected to solve in society. Gates replied that while technology does and will progressively continue to allow humans more free time, it can't tell us what to do with that free time.

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4: Bill Gates asked what technology can't resolve. His reply will make you smile

Speaking at the inaugural edition of the Mint Visionaries series, co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates commented on the problem of fake news amplified by social media. Gates, a billionaire philanthropist, said that he feels that there may be a need to ban 'micro-targeting' of users on social media sites. He also said that the issue of fake news can be seen as a challenge to be more clever with positive messaging.

3: 'A challenge to be more clever': Bill Gates on social media, fake news

Speaking at the inaugural edition of the Mint Visionaries series, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates commented on the rise of artificial intelligence. Gates spoke on the limitations of current versions of artificial intelligence as well as what it is expected to do in the future. He also shed light on the 'miracle tools' provided by current AI, like cancer detection. He also spoke on how AI is likely to affect employment patterns. 

2: 'Miracle tools': Bill Gates on using artificial intelligence to detect cancer

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates spoke at the inaugural edition of Mint Visionaries about the problem of climate change confronting humanity. While interacting with Wipro's Rishad Premji, he shed light on the kind of changes needed to be made in the global economy to balance development with environment preservation. He also shared an anecdote about Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar. 

1: Bill Gates on climate change & how Bihar CM Nitish Kumar surprised him

Mint Visionaries seeks to showcase a whole host of issues like technology, empowerment, new economy, social change, urban solutions, alternative modes of development, mobility, migration, renewable - all of which are defining a new India. This is a livemint production, brought to you by HT smartcast.