‘Everyone is a Programmer Now’: Nvidia Chief Hails AI Computing Era

Artificial intelligence means everybody can now be a pc programmer as all they should do is communicate to the pc, Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang stated on Monday, hailing the tip of the “digital divide”.

Nvidia has surged to become the world’s most valuable listed semiconductor company as a major supplier of chips and computing systems for artificial intelligence.

The company last week forecast second-quarter revenue more than 50% above Wall Street estimates and said it was boosting supply to meet surging demand for its artificial-intelligence chips, which are used to power ChatGPT and many similar services.

Speaking to thousands of people at the Computex forum in Taipei, Huang, who was born in southern Taiwan before his family emigrated to the United States when he was a child, said AI was leading a computing revolution.

“There’s no question we’re in a new computing era,” he stated in a speech, often dropping in phrases of Mandarin or Taiwanese to the delight of the gang.

“Every single computing period you might do various things that weren’t potential earlier than, and synthetic intelligence definitely qualifies,” Huang added.

“The programming barrier is incredibly low. We have closed the digital divide. Everyone is a programmer now – you just have to say something to the computer,” he stated.

“The charge of progress, as a result of it’s really easy to make use of, is the explanation why it’s rising so quick. This goes to the touch actually each single business.”

Nvidia’s chips have helped companies such as Microsoft Corp add human-like chat features to search engines such as Bing.

Huang demonstrated what AI could do, including getting a programme to write a short pop song praising Nvidia with only a few words of instruction.

He unveiled several new applications, including a partnership with the world’s largest advertising group WPP for generative AI-enabled content for digital advertising.

Nvidia has strained to meet demand for its AI chips, with Tesla Inc TSLA.O CEO Elon Musk, who is reportedly building out an artificial-intelligence startup, last week telling an interviewer that the graphics processing units (GPUs) are “considerably harder to get than drugs”.

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