Nvidia’s Jensen Huang rejects AI doomsday fears: ‘2030 is not going to be the end of the world’

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an interview on Friday that he disagrees with doomsday warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) may contribute to the extinction of humanity within a decade.

Huang told CBS News that “2030 is not going to be the end of the world. There is 0% chance that’s going to be the end of the world.”

“Scaring people is unnecessary. It is irresponsible,” Huang added, saying that predictions like those made by former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon are “not grounded in science.”

“Our company’s success is directly connected to the safe deployment of products and services. If we don’t continue to do that, our value would be diminished,” Huang said.

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Huang said that existing legal frameworks for liability around cybersecurity and damages caused by businesses should be the primary guardrails for the industry, rather than there being a need for new regulations.

“Apply that first – don’t let this doomsday narrative allow someone to relieve them of the laws that currently exist,” Huang said.

President Donald Trump has expressed a similar sentiment in opposing new regulatory frameworks for AI, arguing that it would give China an edge in the AI race.

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Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform last week that “We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies! There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China. WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS!”

The president added in a follow-up post that “President Xi, of China, just announced that China will be doing absolutely nothing to stand in the way of AI, or its future.”

Trump also dismissed concerns about AI wiping out humanity as a hoax, writing that “I am the Hoax Buster, and I’m right now breaking another Hoax – That AI is going to take over, consume, and destroy the World, and that Robots will be marching into our Cities, and getting rid of us all!”

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Huang is among the tech leaders who are expected to attend a state dinner Trump will host for Chinese President Xi Jinping this week, with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook also expected to be on hand.

The Nvidia CEO has pushed back on Washington’s restrictions on China’s ability to purchase specialized chips used to train AI models from U.S. companies like Nvidia, arguing that China is able to access “all the chips they need” despite the restrictions.

Huang told CBS that “Every single chip company should go and serve the world, compete for the world,” adding that it’s “all about competing. America is about competing.”

He also told the outlet that he wants to discuss global standards for AI development with Xi, noting that Chinese leaders “want China to have the benefit of AI” and “want China to prosper, just as we want America to prosper.”