Why the Tech Giant Nvidia May Own the Future. Plus, Joshua Rothman on Taking A.I Seriously
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This is the New Yorker Radio Hour. A co production of WNYC Studios and the New Yorker. Welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour. I'm David Remnick. NVIDIA is a tech colossus.
It's as potentially important to the way we live our lives in the near future as Apple or Google. Maybe even more so. NVIDIA makes microchips. In fact, it's all but cornered the market.
On the chips that are essential for the use of AI for artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT. And just recently it was rated. The most valuable company Ever. But this is not primarily a business story. It's a story about the United States and China, about who exactly is building the technology.
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