Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, is undoubtedly the hottest new figure in the Big Tech world.
In a fascinating interview with Bloomberg, he revealed some of the changes he anticipates in the technology landscape. Here are the highlights:
- The aging population in the West, declining birth rates, and a cultural shift in attitudes toward work will drive robots to capture an ever-growing share of the labor market as a substitute for human workers.
The number of robots could reach into the billions within roughly 20 years.
- Robots are being trained in virtual worlds, where they can simultaneously learn from and experience an enormous number of realistic scenarios — none of which actually need to occur in the real world.
- A new AI model called "Cosmos" will help generate these virtual reality scenarios for robot training.
It is similar to existing chatbots, but is grounded in the structure of the physical world rather than text.
The model will effectively understand how the laws of physics — such as gravity and inertia — govern the real world, enabling it to train robots to navigate virtual environments.
- In the near future, all data centers will be managed by artificial intelligence — a development NVIDIA is actively working on.
- Current graphics capabilities are the product of enhanced processing power combined with artificial intelligence.
Even today, the visual fidelity and refresh rates in video games would not be possible without the AI tools NVIDIA integrates into its graphics cards.
The robots are already here, and it's sure to be interesting.