{"id":3421,"date":"2024-04-15T14:50:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2024\/04\/15\/ai-is-techs-greatest-contribution-to-social-elevation-nvidia-ceo-tells-oregon-state-students\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T14:50:49","slug":"ai-is-techs-greatest-contribution-to-social-elevation-nvidia-ceo-tells-oregon-state-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2024\/04\/15\/ai-is-techs-greatest-contribution-to-social-elevation-nvidia-ceo-tells-oregon-state-students\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Is Tech\u2019s \u2018Greatest Contribution to Social Elevation,\u2019 NVIDIA CEO Tells Oregon State Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AI promises to bring the full benefits of the digital revolution to billions across the globe, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said Friday during a conversation with Oregon State University President Jayathi Murthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that artificial intelligence is the technology industry\u2019s single greatest contribution to social elevation, to lift all of the people that have historically been left behind,\u201d Huang told more than 2,000 faculty, students and staff gathered for his conversation with Murthy.<\/p>\n

The talk was the highlight of a forum marking the groundbreaking for a new research building that will be named for Huang and his wife, Lori, both Oregon State alumni.<\/p>\n

The facility positions Oregon State as a leader not just in the semiconductor industry but also at the intersection of high performance computing and a growing number of fields.<\/p>\n

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Friday\u2019s event at Oregon State University followed the groundbreaking for the Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex. Image courtesy of Oregon State University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those innovations have world-changing implications.<\/p>\n

Huang said those who know a programming language such as C++ typically have greater opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause programming is so hard, the number of people who have benefitted from this, putting it to use for their economic prosperity, has been limited,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

AI unlocks that and more.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you essentially have a collaborator with you at all times, essentially have a tutor at all times, and so I think the ability for AI to elevate all of the people left behind is quite extraordinary,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Huang\u2019s appearance in Corvallis, Oregon, capped off a week of announcements underscoring NVIDIA\u2019s commitment to preparing the future workforce with advanced AI, data science and high performance computing training.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, NVIDIA announced that it would participate in a $110 million partnership between Japan and the United States<\/a>, which would include funding for university research.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Georgia Tech announced a new NVIDIA-powered supercomputer<\/a> that will help prepare undergraduate students to solve complex challenges with AI and HPC.<\/p>\n

And later this month, NVIDIA founder Chris Malachowsky will be inducted into the Hall of Fame for the University of Florida\u2019s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, following the November inauguration of the university\u2019s $150 million Malachowsky Hall for Data Science & Information Technology.<\/p>\n

Educating Future Leaders for \u2018New Industrial Revolution\u2019<\/h2>\n

NVIDIA has been investing in universities for decades, providing computing resources, advanced training curricula, donations and other support.<\/p>\n

These contributions enable students and professors to access the high performance computing necessary for groundbreaking results at a key moment in the history of the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re at the beginning of a new industrial revolution, and the reason why I say that is because an industrial revolution produces something new that was impossible to produce in the past,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in this new world, you can apply electricity, and what\u2019s going to come out of it is a whole bunch of floating-point numbers. We call them tokens, and those tokens are essentially artificial intelligence,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so this industrial revolution is going to be manufacturing intelligence at a very large scale,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

OSU Breaks Ground on $213 Million Research Complex<\/h2>\n

Friday\u2019s event in Oregon highlighted the Huangs\u2019 commitment to education and reflected the couple\u2019s deep personal ties to Oregon State, where the two met.<\/p>\n

The conversation with Murthy followed the groundbreaking for the Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex, which took place Friday morning on the Corvallis campus.<\/p>\n

When it opens in 2026, the 150,000-square-foot, $213 million complex \u2014 supported by a $50 million gift from the Huangs \u2014 will increase Oregon State\u2019s support for the semiconductor and technology industry in Oregon and beyond.<\/p>\n

Harnessing one of the nation\u2019s most powerful NVIDIA supercomputers, the complex will bring together faculty and students to solve critical challenges facing the world in areas such as climate science, clean energy and water resources.<\/p>\n

Huang sees the center \u2014 and AI \u2014 as helping put the benefits of computing at the service of people doing work across a broad range of disciplines.<\/p>\n

Oregon State is one of the world\u2019s premier schools in forestry, Huang said, adding that \u201clet\u2019s just face it, it\u2019s very unlikely that somebody who was in forestry, it\u2019s not impossible, but C++ is probably not your thing,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

Thanks to ChatGPT, you can \u201cnow use a computer to apply it to your field of science and apply this computing technology to revolutionize your work.\u201d<\/p>\n

That makes learning how to think \u2014 and how to collaborate \u2014 more important than ever, Huang said. It\u2019s \u201cno different than if I gave you a partner to collaborate with you to solve problems,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou still need to know how to collaborate, how to prompt, how to frame a problem, how to refine the solution, how to iterate on it and how to change your mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

NVIDIA Joins $110 Million Partnership to Help Universities Teach AI Skills<\/h2>\n

The groundbreaking at Oregon State is just one of several announcements highlighting NVIDIA\u2019s global commitment to advancing the global technology industry.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Biden Administration announced a new $110 million AI partnership between Japan and the United States, including an initiative to fund research through collaboration between the University of Washington and the University of Tsukuba.<\/p>\n

As part of this, NVIDIA is committing $25 million to a collaboration with Amazon to bring the latest technologies to the University of Washington, in Seattle, and the University of Tsukuba, northeast of Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Georgia Tech Unveils New AI Makerspace in Collaboration With NVIDIA<\/h2>\n

And on Wednesday, Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering established an AI supercomputing hub dedicated to teaching students.<\/p>\n

The AI Makerspace was launched in collaboration with NVIDIA. College leaders call it a \u201cdigital sandbox\u201d for students to understand and use AI. Initially focusing on undergraduates, the AI Makerspace aims to democratize access to computing resources typically reserved for researchers or technology companies.<\/p>\n

Students will access the cluster online as part of their coursework. The Makerspace will also better position students after graduation as they work with AI professionals and help shape future applications.<\/p>\n

\u2018Beginning of a New World\u2019<\/h2>\n

To be sure, AI has limits, Huang explained. \u201cIt\u2019s no different than when you work with teammates or lab partners; you\u2019re guiding each other along because you know each other\u2019s weaknesses and strengths,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

However, Huang said now is a fantastic time to get an education and prepare for a career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the beginning of a new world and this is the best of times to go to school \u2014 the whole world is changing, right? New technology and new capabilities, new instruments and new ways to learn,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n

Images courtesy of Oregon State University.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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