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Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI. (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 8 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Jensen Huang says kids shouldn't learn to code — they should leave it up to AI.::At the recent World Government Summit in Dubai, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a counterintuitive break with tech leader wisdom by saying that programming is no longer a vital skill due to the AI revolution.

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[–] HeavyDogFeet@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It makes no sense. AI tools will obviously have an impact on the profession development, but suggesting that no one should learn to code is like saying no one should learn to drive because one day cars will drive themselves. It’s utter self-serving nonsense.

[–] Rob@lemdro.id -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe Nvidia knows something we don't. Are their any examples of using ai to help code? What is Nvidia specifically referencing to making them say this? I ask these questions because obviously something they are seeing is making them say this. yet, all I see from ai in general are things like.

Image generation, story generation, some ai can even roleplay a specific story with you that you inputed, but I just can't see ai doing actual coding, without over simplifying it and making it boring and less different from the next 'creation.'

[–] HeavyDogFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

LLM tools can already write basic code and will likely improve a lot, but there are more reasons to learn to code than to actually do coding yourself. Even just to be able to understand and verify the shit the AI tools spit out before pushing it live.

Nvidia knows that the more people who use AI tools, the more their hardware sells. They benefit directly from people not being able to code themselves or relying more on AI tools.

They want their magic line to keep going up. That’s all.

[–] Rob@lemdro.id -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

How does the use of ai tools specifically sell Nvidia hardware? it could help sell other hardware as well. They don't specify any specific ai software that might be exclusive to Nvidia hardware or anything like that. That at the surface doesn't make much sense to me.

[–] rambaroo@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

LLMs do most of their processing on GPUs using platforms like CUDA, which is an Nvidia product. Nvidia stands to make a lot of money off of CUDA and ML hardware.

[–] HeavyDogFeet@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Nvidia makes some of the best hardware for training AI models. Increased investment in AI will inevitably increase demand for Nvidia hardware. It may boost other hardware makers too, but Nvidia is getting the biggest boost by far.

Maybe I’m being dumb or missing something but this feels incredibly obvious to me.