Amidst the great challenges and changes facing society today, from artificial intelligence to climate change to economic inequality, Bill Gates says he is optimistic that solutions can be found to improve the world.
The 68-year-old billionaire, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist tackles these issues and more in his new five-part series, What’s next? The future with Bill Gatespremieres September 18 on Netflix.
PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the trailer, which features Gates talking with notable experts and personalities such as Bono, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Dr. Anthony Fauci, filmmaker James Cameron — and Lady Gaga.
In one AI scene, Gates is seen using ChatGPT to text his son, Rory, in Generation Z slang. “You fam lookin’ good,” he reads from his computer screen. “How are you feeling?”
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The trailer also invokes misinformation in the age of social media as Gates reads a conspiratorial comment: “Bill Gates is part of a reptilian race that includes Tom Hanks and Lady Gaga.”
It then quickly cuts to the billionaire’s conversation with Gaga, who says: “Entertainment and information are much closer than ever before. There is no way to stop it.”
Lady Gaga and Bill Gates in a frame from the movie “What’s next?” The future with Bill Gates.
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Another moment shows Sanders talking to Gates about Gates’ enormous wealth, which he has dedicated to charity.
“We have an obscene situation where there are three people — you’re one of them — who own more wealth than the bottom half of America,” the progressive senator says, before asking, “Is the system working?”
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As Gates says in the trailer, he feels he has a lot of work to do, whether it’s divesting the environment of hydrocarbons or eradicating diseases like malaria.
But there is still room for hope.
At the end of the trailer, an off-screen person asks Gates if he can achieve those goals, to which he replies, “Absolutely.”
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Poster for ‘What’s next? The future with Bill Gates.
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What’s next? The executive producer is Morgan Neville, director of the Oscar-winning documentary from 2013 20 feet from the stars.
In addition to the aforementioned guests, Gates’ daughter Phoebe also appears in the new Netflix series.
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Bill Gates and Phoebe Gates in a frame from the movie “What’s Next?” The future with Bill Gates.
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Like her father, Phoebe devoted herself to philanthropy, she said earlier The Wall Street Journal that she donates millions to abortion rights groups.
“There is a tangible chance to make a difference here,” Phoebe, 21, a recent graduate of Stanford University, told the paper.
What’s next? The future with Bill Gates begins streaming on Netflix on September 18.
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