in a world Where people are doubting its ability ayeyou can trust jensen huangCEO of NVIDIAThe last point is how AI will be a fundamental force changing society.
Speaking to WIRED senior writer Lauren Good at The Big Interview event in San Francisco on Tuesday, Huang called the AI trend “a reset of computing as we know it.” [it] Over the last 60 years.” He said, the power of AI is so incredible that it is not that you can compete with it. You're either on this wave, or you've missed that wave.”
This means, Jensen said, “people are starting to realize that AI is like energy and communications infrastructure – and is now going to be a digital intelligence infrastructure.”
However, the task for Huang now is whether he can convince others, especially governments around the world, of his vision.
Huang was the only interviewee on the program who called in from outside the country. He was in Thailand, where Huang said he lived for five years as a child and where, just today, he met with Thai Prime Minister Patongtar Shinawatra to talk about building construction.World-class AI infrastructure“Together in the country.”
It's the latest stop on Huang's whirlwind tour this year, pushing the idea that governments should build their own AI infrastructure, process their own national data, have their own AI systems and, Obviously, buying should create your own individual path to the future. Nvidia chips for that purpose.
The pitch seems to have worked quite well. Thailand is the new name in this list At least 10 countries, According to data compiled by Sherwood News, they have signed up for AI infrastructure projects with Nvidia. Huang himself said during the interview that he had been to Denmark, Japan, Indonesia and India this year; All countries decided to create their own national AI systems using Nvidia chips.
The success of Huang's appeal to global governments reflects both a fundamental recognition of the potential of AI systems and an increasingly fragmented internet, where geographical boundaries are being redrawn online. AI is the latest technological product where the invisible flow of chips and data is being disrupted by nation-state borders.
One of the main tensions is between the US and China, two major technology superpowers eager to take first place in the coming wave of technological changes. When the two countries collide, Nvidia inevitably finds itself at the center of the storm.
Just this Monday, the Biden Administration New restrictions announced Which will ban the export of chip components and chip-making technologies to China. One of the restrictions is on high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, a memory component often used in optimized AI chips. Nvidia's H20 chips, which are designed to be sold to Chinese companies without violating export controls, include HBM chips. Nvidia reportedly stopped taking Chinese orders for H20 chips in early September, According to Chinese media reportsFear of sanctions this week.