Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will be fairly competitive with humans in 5 years
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that artificial intelligence is gaining on humans. Speaking at the New York Times annual DealBook summit, Huang said that if artificial general intelligence (AGI) is defined as a computer that can complete tests in a "fairly competitive" way to human intelligence, then "within the next five years, youre going to see, obviously, AIs that can achieve those tests." Nvidias business is booming because of the surge in demand for high-powered graphics processing units (GPUs) that are needed to train AI models and run hefty workloads across industries like automotive, architecture, electronics, engineering and scientific research as well as for OpenAIs ChatGPT. Revenue in Nvidias fiscal third quarter tripled, while net income climbed to $9.24 billion from $680 million a year earlier. Regarding the recent chaos surrounding OpenAI, its board structure and the ousting and subsequent reinstatement of CEO Sam Altman, Huang said he hoped things were calming down.