NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has completely denied any prediction which says that artificial intelligence will end humanity by 2030, saying that the technology doesn’t pose an extinction risk to humanity. His response comes quickly after President Donald Trump called this prediction a ‘hoax’ and days after the public departure of Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who resigned over deep safety concerns. Coxon cautioned that computer scientists currently engineering these tools genuinely believe the software could eradicate the human race by the end of the decade.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said, ‘I believe the claims, The end of the world, [are] stirring fear across America. The people who are doing it make no sense to me. So they must be doing it for ulterior reasons – maybe it’s political, maybe it’s otherwise, maybe just attention grabbing. I don’t know what is the reason for it, but however it is characterized; 2030 is not going to be the end of the world.
There is a 0% chance it’s going to be the end of the world.’ Now, this is not the first time that Huang has pushed back the idea of eradication of humanity. During multiple appearances at events in recent days, the CEO has reiterated his stance that artificial intelligence can be safely managed. Huang, whose company is the leading provider of AI processors, has also argued against the need for new regulations.
At the time of the CBS interview, which is suggested to air in full on Sunday, Huang stated that the industry shouldn’t slow down as well. He said, ‘We should go as fast as we can, irrespective of anyone else. But we would never ever, and never should, ship products before they’re ready and deliver products that are unsafe.’ It will be more than interesting to see how things go from here as the debate around limiting the growth of artificial intelligence in the world.
