Jensen Huang Says if AI Companies Can’t Contain Their Models, ‘We Have to Shut the Labs Down’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang does not believe that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity, no matter how many former AI lab employees sound the alarm. But, if the people working behind closed doors at places like Anthropic or OpenAI really are on the verge of destroying the world, Huang has an idea: shut them down. “If you’re going to build a self-driving car, let’s say it’s a robotaxi, and there’s a really difficult condition.
- ▪Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang does not believe that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity, no matter how many former AI lab employees sound the alarm.
- ▪But, if the people working behind closed doors at places like Anthropic or OpenAI really are on the verge of destroying the world, Huang has an idea: shut them down.
- ▪“If you’re going to build a self-driving car, let’s say it’s a robotaxi, and there’s a really difficult condition.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang does not believe that artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to humanity, no matter how many former AI lab employees sound the alarm. But, if the people working behind closed doors at places like Anthropic or OpenAI really are on the verge of destroying the world, Huang has an idea: shut them down. In an interview on the Ezra Klein Show, Huang continued to pour cold water on the most doomer-pilled parts of the AI space while also offering a pretty simple and straightforward suggestion to companies who believe their technology is so powerful it could put humans out of business, which is to just not let the genie out of the bottle in the first place.
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