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Jensen Huang: Digital Biology Is the Next Giant Revolution

By Jensen Huang · AI & Technology · 2 min read

For the very first time in human history, biology has the opportunity to be engineering — not science. When something becomes engineering, it becomes less sporadic and exponentially improving.

Key Points

Digital biology will be one of the biggest revolutions ever
For the first time, biology can be engineering — not science. It can compound exponentially.
We now know how to represent the language of biology and the language of chemistry. That's never happened before.

For the very first time in human history, biology has the opportunity to be engineering, not science.

One of the Biggest Revolutions Ever

Huang: Where do I think the next amazing revolution is going to come? This is going to be flat out one of the biggest ones ever. There's no question — digital biology is going to be it.

This is going to be flat out one of the biggest revolutions ever. Digital biology.

Engineering, Not Science

Huang: For the very first time in human history, biology has the opportunity to be engineering — not science. When something becomes engineering, not science, it becomes less sporadic and exponentially improving.

It can compound on the benefits of previous years. Every company's contribution, every researcher's contributions compound on each other.

When biology becomes engineering, it becomes exponentially improving. Contributions compound on each other.

The Language of Biology

Huang: For the very first time, we know how to represent biology. We understand the language of biology. We can represent the language of chemistry. It's never happened before. I'm very proud to say that NVIDIA is at the center of all of that.

Now we're going to have incredible tools that bring the world of biology — which is very chaotic, constantly changing, very diverse and complex — into the world of computer science. That is going to be profound.

If you happen to love this intersection, I think it's going to be rich with opportunities. It's going to be a giant industry.

We understand the language of biology. We can represent the language of chemistry. It's never happened before.