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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang criticized companies laying off workers due to AI, asserting that they lack imagination. He also went on to dismiss fears of AI taking away jobs of humans.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has reacted to the recent layoffs in the industry by comapnies due to the advent of AI. Huang who has been a longtime backer of the philosophy that AI is a net positive for the society, in an interview with CNBC, lashed out at these companies and said they are out of imagination.
Huang was talking about the ability of AI to elevate the capabilties of humans when CNBC's Jim Cramer asked him then why are comapnies laying off people saying they want to do more with less.
A frustrated Huang responded, “Because you're out of imagination. For companies, with imagination, you will do more with less. For companies that are, you know, when the leadership is just out of ideas, they have nothing else to do, they have no reason to imagine greater than they are. Then when they have more capability, you know, they don't do more”
Jensen Huang dismisses AI doomer perspectives:
In a recent episode of the All in Podcast, Huang had went on to dismiss the doom and gloom perspectives on AI noting, “It is not a biological being. It is not alien. It is not conscious. It is computer software. We say things like we don't understand it at all. It is not true.”
On the topic of AI related layoffs, Huang said, “yes, every job will be will be transformed. Um, some jobs will be eliminated. However, we also know that many many jobs will be created.”
“The one thing that I will say to young people who are coming out of school who are concerned who are anxious about AI be the expert of using AI” he added
Huang also went on share an anecdote where around 10 years, one of the computer scientists he ‘deeply respects’ predicted that computer vision will eliminate radiologists and one of the field he advices everybody to not go to is radiology.
The Nvidia CEO noted that the computer scientist's prediction was completely right with computer vision being completely integrated into radiology technologies but ‘the surprising outcome is the number of radiologists actually went up and the demand for radiologists is skyrocketed.’
Huang said that the reason for this increase is because 'because everybody's job has a purpose and its task. The task that you do is studying the scans,'
“Your purpose is to diag helping the doctors, helping the patient diagnose disease.” he added
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Aman Gupta
Aman Gupta is a Digital Content Producer at LiveMint with over 3.5 years of experience covering the technology landscape. He specializes in artificial intelligence and consumer technology, reporting on everything from the ethical debates around AI models to shifts in the smartphone market. <br> His reporting is grounded in first-hand testing, independent analysis, and a focus on how technology impacts everyday users. He holds a PG Diploma in Radio and Television Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi (Class of 2022). <br> Outside the newsroom, he spends his time reading biographies, hunting for the perfect coffee beans, or planning his next trip. <br><br> You can find Aman on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aman-gupta-894180214">LinkedIn</a> and on X at <a href="https://x.com/nobugsfound">@nobugsfound</a>, or reach him via email at <a href="aman.gupta@htdigital.in">aman.gupta@htdigital.in</a>.
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