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Jensen Huang says AI leaders need to be more thoughtful in how they talk about AI: ‘We’re scaring people.’

Jensen Huang says AI leaders need to be more thoughtful in how they talk about AI: ‘We’re scaring people.’
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has urged AI industry leaders to adopt a more optimistic tone when discussing the technology's future. He argues that excessive focus on 'doomer' scenarios is unnecessarily scaring the public and policymakers.

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The rhetoric used by tech leaders is increasingly influencing public perception and government regulation of AI.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Manami Yamada/Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said his fellow AI leaders need to be more careful when they speak. Without naming names, Huang said AI leaders have scared Americans about the technology. He wants to see the industry do a better job of selling itself. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says it's time for the so-called AI doomers to turn the page. "Listen, if you want to warn the world about the incredible capabilities of this technology, I think it's been achieved," Huang told Axios' Mike Allen in a wide-ranging interview that was released in full on Thursday. Huang said some of his fellow AI leaders are scaring the American people by raising concerns about widespread job losses. He said their fears about China's standing in the AI race are similarly spooking policymakers in Washington.

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