NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang joins the All-In podcast to argue that AI doomer extinction narratives are unscientific and irresponsible, and he receives a surprise call from President Trump who calls it a 'hoax'. Huang discusses the U.S. AI race, the importance of open source models for innovation, and states that superintelligence is already achieved in narrow domains like self-driving and protein synthesis.
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Jensen Huang dismisses AI doomer predictions as 'irresponsible' and 'made up', pointing out historical AI predictions (radiology, coding jobs) were all wrong.
President Trump calls into the podcast, labels AI doomsday warnings a 'hoax', and emphasizes the race for AI supremacy is critical for U.S. global leadership.
Huang states superintelligence is already achieved in narrow domains (autonomous driving with 10% accident rate, protein synthesis).
80% of recent AI venture funding ($400 billion) went to startups using open models; Huang argues open source is essential for U.S. innovation.
China is expected to have advanced lithography by 2030, posing a serious competitive threat in high-volume production.
"The fact of the matter is, all of these predictions have been wrong."
"The robots will not be taking over, the AI will not be taking over the rest of the world. The whole thing is a hoax."
"The race is really about who exploits the technology best."