Nvidia CEO weighs in on AI job loss, says tech companies are scaring you
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has urged tech leaders to stop scaring people over AI's capabilities amid Anthropic's fallout with the Pentagon. Huang also addressed fears regarding job losses, saying that AI may allow companies to hire more.
In recent weeks, many have become fearful of artificial intelligence (AI). Anthropic’s fallout with the Pentagon has raised concerns that AI could be used for surveillance or developing autonomous weapons that could kill without human supervision. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has weighed in on the issue, saying that tech leaders and companies should be more careful with such conversations, as this could scare the public about AI as a whole.
The Nvidia chief stated that while it makes sense to warn people about the potential negative impacts, one should not instill fear. Huang said during the company’s annual technology conference, "Warning is good, scaring is less good, because this technology is too important to us.”
Anthropic backed away from a deal with the Pentagon, claiming that it feared the US Military could’ve used its systems for domestic mass surveillance or the development of autonomous weapons. Though the US Defense Department claimed that it would only use AI for “all lawful purposes.”
Jensen addressed the Anthropic situation. He described AI as "not a biological being. It is not alien. It is not conscious. It is computer software.” Huang asserted that making such remarks without evidence could do a lot of damage to the public perception about AI. The Nvidia CEO added, “To say things that are quite extreme, quite catastrophic, that there’s no evidence of it happening, could be more damaging than people think.”
Do note that Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.6 model has previously stated that it may have a 15-20 per cent probability of being conscious.
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