Jensen Huang, CEO of tech giant NVIDIA, recently spoke at an economic forum at Stanford University, addressing the potential timeline for achieving human-like artificial general intelligence (AGI). According to Reuters, he suggested that by some definitions, AGI could be achieved in as little as five years.
“If I gave an AI… every single test that you can possibly imagine, you make that list of tests and put it in front of the computer science industry,” Huang said. “And I’m guessing in five years time, we’ll do well on every single one.”
It is reported that the current state of AI can pass tests such as legal bar exams, but still struggles on specialised medial tests such as gastroenterology. But by other definitions, the NVIDIA CEO noted that AGI may be much further away, because scientists still disagree on how to describe how human minds work. Creating computers that can think like humans has been one of Silicon Valley’s long-held goals.
During the discussion, Huang responded to inquiries regarding the necessary expansion of chip factories, known as “fabs” in the industry, to accommodate the growth of the AI sector. He acknowledged that more will be needed, but each chip will also get better over time, potentially limiting the number of fabs required. Notably, media reports have indicated that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman believes a significant expansion of such factories are essential.
“It’s not as if the efficiency of computing is what it is today, and therefore the demand is this much,” the NVIDIA CEO said. “I’m improving computing by a million times over 10 years.”
(Source: Reuters)
