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Jensen Huang: AI creates more jobs than it destroys, downplays existential risk

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In a New York Times Q&A, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang argued that AI will create more jobs than it destroys and pushed back against AI doomerism, calling existential risks overstated. He also commented on Chinese open models and the Hugging Face acquisition. Commentator Zvi Mowshowitz countered that Huang's stated safety standards would imply shutting down OpenAI and vastly increasing safety spending.

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  1. Techmeme
    Q&A with Jensen Huang on AI creating more jobs than it destroys, pushing back against AI doomerism, Chinese open models, the Hugging Face acquisition, and more (Ezra Klein/New York Times)

    Ezra Klein / New York Times : Q&A with Jensen Huang on AI creating more jobs than it destroys, pushing back against AI doomerism, Chinese open models, the Hugging Face acquisition, and more — This is an edited transcript of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the episode wherever you get your podcasts.

  2. Techmeme
    Jensen Huang tells Ezra Klein that AI is just software whose existential risks are overstated, yet his standards would shut down OpenAI and 10x safety spending (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)

    Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase : Jensen Huang tells Ezra Klein that AI is just software whose existential risks are overstated, yet his standards would shut down OpenAI and 10x safety spending — Jensen Huang accidentally called for shutting down OpenAI and intentionally called for spending vastly more on safety.

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