Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Likes To 'Torture' AI

NVIDIA Corp NVDA founder and CEO Jensen Huang has an interesting way of learning from AI that involves tormenting chatbots with follow-up questions.

What To Know: In an interview over the weekend at the Hong Kong University Of Science & Technology, Huang suggested that students adopt AI as a tutor and then push the technology to become a valuable teacher through intense training, per Business Insider.

“I torture my AI to teach me,” Huang said.

Huang was referring to the rigorous follow-up questions he asks an AI chatbot after he gives it a prompt. When AI provides an answer, the Nvidia CEO always asks it why. He then follows that question up by asking the chatbot to provide reasoning on a step-by-step basis.

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Once he gets the breakdown, Huang asks the chatbot to provide alternative explanations for its reasoning. He then asks the AI to apply the reasoning to a different situation. Lastly, Huang requests analogies for further clarification.

“You can ask an AI today, ‘Reason with me, tell me why did you suggest that, tell me step by step how you arrived at that answer.’ Through that probing process, AI is more transparent today, AI is more explainable today,” Huang said.

“Your set of questions could be like professors probe their students to understand their thinking process.”

Huang explained that confidence and certainty are two separate ideas. Leaders must have a great deal of confidence in what they are doing, but they don’t have to be certain, he noted.

It’s possible to be completely confident in pursuing a direction and still allow room for uncertainty. That room for uncertainty gives you the opportunity to continue to learn, Huang said.

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