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Jacob Fox

'Just like we generate electricity, we're now going to be generating AI': Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang sees AI as a commodity to be made in 'AI factories'

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, arrives for the Inaugural AI Insight Forum in Russell Building on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images).

My time studying and engaging in philosophy has had me considering more than my fair share of different perspectives on the same underlying phenomena, but even I scratched my head upon hearing Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang's latest take on AI. This being that AI is generated just like electricity, which implies it's a resource or commodity.

To be more specific, in a recent earnings call (via Motley Fool) the Huangster stated: "Just like we generate electricity, we're now going to be generating AI. And if the number of customers is large, just as the number of consumers of electricity is large, these generators are going to be running 24/7."

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