For the last keynote of Missional AI, Steele Billings & Pat Gelsinger from gloo, are chatting about faith, technology, and innovation.
Pat talked about the intersection of faith, family, and life.
- very metric driven… made it a game with a scoreboard
Pat described his spiritual disciplines.
- scripture each morning
- prayer and fasting
Quantum Computing/AI
- qubits (quantum bits)
- 1MM qubits is the “magic” number and Pat says one of his playground companies is likely to put out a 2MM qubit machine in the coming years.
- offers the ability to be billions of times more efficient
- Many issues are quantum issues, so we need quantum computers to address these issues.
Why is AI different than previous technological advancements?
- AI is building on 20 years of progress.
- Computers are now adapting to us.
- AI is an infinitely parallel/scalable problem (so there are decades of improvement possible)
- AI is going to improve quality of life.
- AI is going to democratize many areas (poverty, education, etc.)
- The benefits of quantum computing should come at scale in the next 20 years.
- BUT we need to be more efficient and less energy-hungry to progress well.
How does the faith ecosystem shape the future of these technologies?
- Faith was essential in language, education, and healthcare (we’ve done this before).
- We need to focus more on how we’re alike than how we’re different.
- We need to come together.
- gloo wants to be a facilitator to help folks make important progress
Pat’s Challenge to the Missional AI Community
- We need to come together for a shared vision!
- Let’s come together for that vision!