Architectural challenges: AI Chips, Decision Support and High Performance Computing

Abstract

Many of the societal problems we face today do not have the benefit of being data rich for the situations we worry about: in climate, energy, health, security. They also live outside most of the market forces that drive technology development. We have to look beyond our current horizons and balance the grip of near term pressures with these larger opportunities. Exploring new paradigms will require risk that many are not willing to do, but the benefits are societal. As with the Steam Engine, AI (as defined today) is a means to get to a place where we can achieve far beyond our own limitations. It is not and endpoint but rather a step towards this evolution.