Nvidia, one of the world's largest chipmakers, has been making a lot of headlines in the last few months. The company's CEO, Jensen Huang, has expressed his opinion on AI and is in favour of using the technology for humanity's betterment. One statement that Huang has stood by is that in future, programming won't be a skill exclusive to those who have a degree. He believes that computers should be smart enough to know what we, as humans, want.
During a recent interview, Huang reiterated this belief and said that they are working to make computers smarter so that humans don't need a degree in computer science to program.
Huang sat with CNBC's Jim Cramer for a discussion. Cramer said that 8 billion people did not get a degree in computer science. He then asked the Nvidia CEO about what they are doing to democratise this world?
In response, the Nvidia CEO said that they are "going to make computers smarter so that people don't have to learn computer science to program a computer." He added, "The computer should be able to understand what we want and what we intend."
At its annual conference, GTC, this week, Nvidia unveiled new hardware and software tailored for the growing robotics sector. This technology aims to empower robot developers to create a variety of robots, including humanoid ones.
During the interview with CNBC, Huang explained why his company was involved in making humanoids.
According to Huang, humanoid robotics could revolutionise manufacturing. He talked about the abundance of human movement data available for training AI systems, suggesting it as a key resource for enhancing robot productivity.
Huang illustrated this by highlighting how manufacturing processes were originally designed for human workers. By leveraging human data, robots can optimise their performance in these tasks, potentially leading to fully robotic manufacturing lines in the future.
Touching upon Nvidia's partnerships across various industries, Huang also talked about their role as a market innovator, rather than just a competitor. He added that Nvidia's technologies have the potential to drive job creation and enhance productivity for businesses, ultimately leading to economic growth.
Huang has talked about AI and robotics at various occasions. Last year, while speaking at the Computex forum in Taiwan, Huang had said that the end of 'digital divide' is here and that everyone is a programmer now thanks to AI.
Huang added that in every computing era people could do different things that were not possible before. He explained how with artificial intelligence, things that weren't possible until now are being done. He also added that everyone can be a programmer today as they just have to 'say something to the computer'.