AI Revolution is Here: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Nvidia Chief Jensen Huang, while speaking to graduates and scholars here on Saturday, said, 'The age of AI has started'. He was conferred an honorary doctorate degree in engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
The award for the head of the world's leading maker of chips used for artificial intelligence applications was shared with actor Tony Leung, Nobel Prize for Chemistry winner Prof. Michael Levitt, and Fields Medallist Prof. David Mumford.
"The age of AI has started. A new computing era that will impact every industry and every field of science", said Huang.
He said Nvidia has 'reinvented computing and sparked a new industrial revolution', 25 years after inventing the graphics processing unit.
'Ai is certainly the most important technology of our time, and potentially of all times'.
Huang, 61, also told graduates that he wished he had started his career at this time.
"The whole world is reset. You're at the starting lines with everybody else. An industry is being reinvented. You now have the instruments, the instruments necessary to advance science in so many different fields," Huang said.
'The greatest challenges of our time, unimaginable challenges to overcome in the past, all of a sudden seem possible to tackle'.
In the afternoon, Huang will take part in a fireside chat with the university's Council Chairman Harry Sham, teachers, and students.
