The History of NVIDIA's Deep Learning Neural Networks

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In the early 2010s, this new type of AI system, the deep neural network becomes popular. Deep neural networks can power all kinds of things from image generating models to text chatbots. And it just so happens that the kind of math that deep neural networks have to do to recognize photos or generate text works much better on a GPU than a CPU. The companies that are getting into deep learning neural networks, Google, Facebook, etc., start buying a ton of NVIDIA's cards.

A few days after a lawyer used ChatGPT to write a brief filled with made-up cases, a group of A.I. experts released a letter warning of the “risk of extinction” from the technology. But will A.I. ever be good enough to pose such a threat?

Then, FAANG is now MAAAN, with the addition of Nvidia. Here’s how the GPU company became a trillion-dollar behemoth.

Plus: Kevin, Casey and the New York Times tech reporter Kate Conger answer Hard Questions from listeners.

Today’s Guest:

Kate Conger is a technology reporter in the San Francisco bureau of The New York Times.

Additional Reading:

A lawyer used ChatGPT the same week that A.I. leaders released a 22-word statement about the existential risk A.I. poses to humanity.
The chip company Nvidia hit a $1 trillion market cap, powered by A.I. demand.
The podcast “Acquired” did a two-part series on the history of Nvidia.