Interview with Jim mchugh (VP, NVIDIA) - Speaker at Global Artificial Intelligence Conference - Santaclara, Jan 19-21, 2017

We feature speakers at Global Artificial Intelligence Conference Jan 19 - 21, 2017 to catch up and find out what he or she is working on now and what's coming next. This week we're talking to Jim mchugh, VP, NVIDIA.

Interview with Jim mchugh

1. Tell us about yourself and your background.

I am a vice president and general manager at NVIDIA, with over 25 years of experience as a business executive with startup, mid-sized, and high-profile public companies. Currently, I lead the DGX business unit at NVIDIA which is the group that is responsible for DGX-1, the world’s first AI supercomputer in a box.

2. What have you been working on recently?

Recently, DGX-1, which is the supercomputer in a box used by the leading researchers and enterprises for deep learning and accelerated analytics. I work with a broad range of customers around the world to understand how they are using AI to solve what was once considered unsolvable.

3. Where are we now today in terms of the state of artificial intelligence, and where do you think we’ll go over the next five years?

Artificial intelligence is just ramping up. NVIDIA is committed to growing it exponentially over the next decade as it positively impacts our personal and professional lives. From social interaction to self driving cars to healthcare and beyond, the possibilities will be much greater than most people think.

4. There is a negative perception around AI and even some leading technology folks have come out against it or saying that it’s actually potentially harmful to society. Where are you coming down on those discussions? How do you explain this in a way that maybe has a more positive beneficial impact for society?

I believe it is important to think about all the amazing positive outcomes that we are starting to see from AI. As we look to a world where autonomous driving vehicles will greatly reduce the number of fatalities in the world, we should consider the benefits we will see in reduced insurance coverage and roadside injuries. As medical research continues to leverage AI to offer better diagnosis and more effectively treat diseases based on our genome structure, we will see a reduction in health care costs while living longer. Crop production will become more efficient and food supplies less expensive. Distribution will become more efficient and retail experiences will be easier. All of these benefits and more will raise the quality of life on a global scale. NVIDIA is committed to ethical and safe AI technology, and we consider this an important responsibility for companies and researchers.

 5. Will progress in AI and robotics take away the majority of jobs currently done by humans? Which jobs are most at risk?

Fears of robots taking away jobs date back to at least the 1930s. But if you look at every major economic shift -- from the agricultural to the industrial age, the computer age, and the Internet -- more net jobs were created than lost. We expect the same dynamic to occur with AI and robotics.

Robots are making great progress and there will soon be a day when they will be able to help us with important tasks and task that we don’t want to do. Japan, for example, has an aging population that could benefit from robots that provide healthcare and personal assistance.

 6. What can AI systems do now?

We are already seeing the benefits of AI with consumer services from Amazon, Facebook, Baidu, Google and Microsoft. Facebook handles more than 2 billion language translations a day. Facebook and YouTube automatically tag photos and video content using AI. Researchers at Oxford University recently achieved lip-reading accuracy of more than 90%, much better than the best human lip-readers (whose accuracy is around 50%). Amazon and Google AI services are now being used in cars and consumer electronic devices. NVIDIA recently introduced a new product called SHIELD TV, which leverages Google assistant for voice control of your home and living room entertainment.

 7. When will AI systems become more intelligent than people?

One could argue that certain AI capabilities are already better than humans, like playing Go or reading lips. But general artificial intelligence is still decades away.

8. What are some of the best takeaways that the attendees can have from your "The State of AI" talk?

That AI is going to make a significant contribution to our lives and work. It is in fact the 4th Industrial revolution.

9. What are the top 5 AI Use cases in enterprises?

Image recognition, classification

Chatbots and Voice

Healthcare/patient data

Predictive maintenance

Social media content distribution

Geophysical feature detection/classification

10. Which company do you think is winning the global AI race?

Many companies are doing very interesting things right now, including Amazon, Baidu, Facebook, Google and NVIDIA. Quartz recently wrote that NVIDIA is a winner in AI because our GPUs “have become the industry standard for deep learning, a flavor of artificial intelligence widely used by tech companies to build personal virtual assistants, image recognition for tagging photos, and even the software behind self-driving cars.”

We are proud to be working with brilliant people across many industries and building technology that will improve products and services and help society.

11. Any closing remarks

Thank you for the opportunity to share NVIDIA’s vision around AI and how we are creating smarter technology for better lives. I look forward to answering questions and hearing what my peers are working on as well during the conference.

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