Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, the world’s leader when it comes to AI computing, announced that this decade is going to be the decade of the explosion of autonomous vehicles (AVs), robots, and intelligent machines.
Addressing reporters at the VivaTech conference in Paris, Huang highlighted Nvidia’s central position in this forthcoming wave of tech, providing the vital hardware and intricate software required to train and operate these intelligent machines.
“This is the decade for AV [autonomous vehicles], robotics and autonomous machines,” Huang told CNBC in an interview. His forecast underscores a major transition as AI moves beyond virtual applications to transform physical infrastructure.
Self-driving cars are beginning to see regular use, at least in places, particularly the United States, where there are established robotaxi services in major markets including San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles by companies like Google’s Waymo. Likewise, Chinese tech behemoths such as Baidu and Pony. ai are expanding their fleets of robotaxis in a bid to accelerate the development of в—Џ robotaxi services.
At the heart of this progress is Nvidia’s holistic “DRIVE AV” platform which brings together AI, cloud simulations and in-car computation to aid in the faster and safer introduction of self-driving vehicles.
Jung says this end-to-end vision, that spans the training of AI models to the planning of traffic in real time and control of the vehicle, is catching on with big-name automakers, including Mercedes -Benz and Volvo.
Huang also echoed a major change in programming, explaining that AI programming is now more “like programming a person.” This, he said, makes AI a “great equalizer” that can facilitate broader access to computing via natural language as opposed to traditional coding languages.
This unfettered access to AI, coupled with the increasing pace of autonomous technology, paves the way for an era of massive disruption in nearly every industry.
And as the decade wears on, Huang’s vision of a world filled with autonomous vehicles and robots has the potential to transform transportation, logistics, and any number of other industries, fueled by Nvidia’s ongoing work in AI and autonomous.