Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Encourages Development Of Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure In Every Country

JAKARTA - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Monday, February 12, that every country needs to have its own artificial intelligence infrastructure to take advantage of its economic potential while protecting its respective cultures.

"You shouldn't let it be done by anyone else," Huang said at the World Government Summit in Dubai.

Huang, whose company has soared its value to 1.73 trillion US dollars (Rp27 quadrillion) in the stock market due to its dominance in the high-end artificial intelligence chip market, said the company was "demoratizing" access to artificial intelligence due to rapid efficiency in artificial intelligence computing.

"The rest is really up to you to take the initiative, enable your industry, build infrastructure, as quickly as you can," he said.

He said concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence were exaggerated, noting that technology and other new industries such as cars and aviation had been successfully regulated.

"There are some interests that want to scare people about this new technology, to make it mysterious, to encourage others not to do anything about the technology and depend on them to do it. And I think it's a mistake," Huang said.

Following a new round of US restrictions in October imposed on some of Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips, the company said in November it was working with customers in China and the Middle East to obtain export licenses for new products that would comply with US rules.