Safety is not just about trying really hard and being really careful. You have to design technology that makes it possible for a computer to be safe.
Interpretation
Safety in technology requires more than effort; it needs thoughtful design.
Jensen Huang emphasizes that ensuring safety in technology is not solely about being cautious or putting in hard work. Instead, it requires a proactive approach in designing systems and technologies that inherently support safety measures, allowing for reliable and secure interactions with computers.
In practice
This quote can be used in a technology conference to emphasize the importance of safety in software design.
I think that's what's thrilling about leadership - when you're holding onto literally the worst possible hand on the planet and you know you're still going to win. How are you still going to win? Because that's when the character of the company really comes out.
One of the things I'm excited about is the observation that gamers are creators and creators are gamers too. We used to think of creators as workstation customers and think of gamers as consumers.
Software is eating the world, but AI is going to eat software.
It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The winds, the water, electricity, all aliens that in their wild form were dangerous, are now controlled by human will, and are made useful servants.
Software companies should take more responsibility for security holes, especially in browsers and e-mail clients. There are some straightforward things the industry should be doing right now to fix things, and I don't know why they haven't been done yet.
Previously, we might use machine learning in a few sub-components of a system. Now we actually use machine learning to replace entire sets of systems, rather than trying to make a better machine learning model for each of the pieces.
The electric age ... established a global network that has much the character of our central nervous system.
Just as Josef K, the protagonist of Kafka's 'The Trial,' awoke one day to discover that he had become part of some unfathomable legal carnival, we, too are frequently waking to discover that the rules of the digital game have once again profoundly changed.
We're already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which are very slow.
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