Rapid-fire with Bill Gates

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From favourite Indian food to superpowers… Bill Gates revealed his top picks in this rapid-fire segment.

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00:00What is your favorite Indian food?

00:02I'm supposed to say tea?

00:03Chai

00:04Chai?

00:04Chai

00:05No, Tikka, Chicken Tikka Masala

00:07So Taj Mahal or Eiffel Tower?

00:10I don't know, Taj is more classic

00:12If not a technologist or a philanthropist, what career would you have pursued?

00:17Because of my dad, I wanted to be a lawyer

00:20But then this computer thing distracted me

00:25And now I employ thousands of lawyers

00:31If you could have one superpower, what would it be?

00:34Superpower?

00:35I'd like to be smarter

00:45What is your favorite film about AI or robots?

00:52Her

00:55It's called Her, it's very good

00:58Which year would you travel to with a time machine and why?

01:06I don't know, I wouldn't want to go backwards, I don't think

01:09I can read about the stuff from the past

01:13But I'm not sure I'd want to go forwards either

01:15Because it would spoil, you know

01:17It'd kind of ruin the plot in a way

01:21I don't know, I like the present year

01:24What's the first word you start with on Wordle?

01:31Right now I use trace, T-R-A-C-E

01:36A local question, but what is your favorite Indian food?

01:45I'm supposed to say tea?

01:47Chai

01:48No, Tikka, Chicken Tikka Masala

01:54Thank you

01:59What's one thing on your bucket list this year?

02:04Go to the Paris Olympics

02:09This is a tough one, but if not a technologist or a philanthropist

02:13What career would you have pursued?

02:16If you weren't a technologist or a philanthropist

02:20Wow

02:24Technology is broad, I don't know

02:27My dad was a lawyer

02:29And I admired him a great deal

02:32He set an incredible example for me

02:35And he actually helped start the foundation

02:38And when I was very young

02:41Because of my dad, I wanted to be a lawyer

02:44But then this computer thing distracted me

02:50And now I employ thousands of lawyers

02:56This is a this or that segment, so you have to choose one option

02:59Okay, this

03:05So Taj Mahal or Eiffel Tower?

03:08Oh, Taj is more classic

03:15Super Bowl or FIFA World Cup?

03:18Well, maybe neither for me

03:22So this is the last question, it's a tough one

03:24A life without books or a life without technology?

03:28Tough one

03:29Well, I'll give up the physical books

03:32And read off the screen, I guess

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