AI means everyone can now be a computer programmer as all they need to do is speak to the computer, said Nvidia Corp NVDA.O CEO Jensen Huang on Monday, announcing that Nvidia has surged to become the world's most valuable listed semiconductor company as a major supplier of chips and computing systems for artificial intelligence.
The company forecast second-quarter revenue over 50 percent more than Wall Street forecasts and said it was boosting supply to meet surging demand for its artificial intelligence chips, which are used to power ChatGPT and other similar services.
China's Huang, who was born in southern Taiwan before his family emigrated to the United States when he was a child, said AI was leading a computing revolution.
There's no question we're in a new computing era, he said in a speech, occasionally dropping in words of Mandarin or Hokkien to the delight of the crowd.
Every single computing era you could do different things that wasn't possible before, and artificial intelligence certainly qualifies, Huang said.
The programming barrier is incredibly low. We've closed the digital divide. Everyone's a programmer now - you just have to say something to the computer, he said.
The rapid growth rate, which is so easy to use, is the reason behind its rapid growth. This is going to affect every industry. Microsoft Corp, Microsoft, and Nvidia have collaborated with Nvidia's chips to add chat functions to search engines like Bing.
As AI demand grows in Israel, Nvidia is preparing to build a supercomputer.
Huang demonstrated what AI could do, including getting a programme to write a short pop song praising Nvidia with only a few words of instruction.
Tesla Inc TSLA.O CEO Elon Musk, who is reportedly building an artificial intelligence startup, said last week that GPUs are considerably harder to get than drugs.