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![Bill Gates](https://img.money.com/2017/02/170227_billgatesama.jpg)
*Bill Gates at Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2017 in Munich, Germany.*

Bill Gates participated in his fifth Reddit AMA Monday, touching on topics from whether or not [hot dogs are sandwiches](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea5xbw/) to his pal and fellow billionaire [Warren Buffett](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea5ish/).

Between questions about [disguising himself](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea6fp4/) (a simple hat usually does the trick) to whether or not he can still [jump over chairs](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea4nc8/) (it depends), [Gates detailed](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea40xt/) the one technological advancement he wants to see in his lifetime.

"The big milestone is when computers can read and understand information like humans do. There is a lot of work going on in this field - Google, Microsoft, Facebook, academia," Gates wrote. "Right now computers don't know how to represent knowledge so they can't read a text book and pass a test."

The Microsoft founder and philanthropist also said he hopes vaccines for HIV, Malaria, and TB are created in the next decade or so.

While he works on vaccines, [he says](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea6jr0/) "the chance to be part of the software revolution empowering people was the biggest thing I have gotten to do."

He also gave advice to a [dad-to-be](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/5whpqs/im_bill_gates_cochair_of_the_bill_melinda_gates/dea64vo/). "I just went on a trip with my 17 year old son to see 6 colleges. He is a junior in High School and trying to figure out where he should go," Gates wrote. "Trips like that have been a great way to spend time together. He reads even more about politics than I do so I let him pick books for me to read."

That's great and all, but for the record, Bill, hot dogs are not sandwiches.

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