Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells OpenAI: AI is not ‘Alien mind’, it is engineering

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has pushed back against OpenAI’s recent description of artificial intelligence as a “new form of alien mind,” arguing that AI is not an otherworldly consciousness but a human-made computational tool. According to a report by TechCrunch, speaking at a tech conference this week, Huang said, “AI isn’t alien—it’s mathematics, algorithms, and data shaped by human intent.” His comments came shortly after OpenAI published a blog post titled “An Alien Mind,” which suggested that advanced AI systems might think in ways fundamentally different from humans.‘It’s just engineering’ says Jensen HuangHuang emphasised that AI’s evolution should be viewed through the lens of engineering rather than existential speculation. “We’re not building aliens,” he said. “We’re building machines that learn patterns and optimize outcomes.