Nvidia CEO: Society needs to change with advent of AI

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is emphasizing society must change with the development and increased use of artificial intelligence, urging all individuals to engage with the technology.

“We need to create new social norms,” Huang told the Associated Press in an interview Tuesday, adding, “I would advocate that everybody use AI. Just go engage it. There’s the free tier of AI….AI has closed the technology divide more than any technology in history.”

He compared the adjustment to AI to the evolution of automobiles, telling the news wire cars were once considered a threat to children’s lives, but this stopped with the creation of crosswalks and sidewalks.

Huang argued AI is accessible to all sectors of society, given its place on the internet and “easy-to-use” design that allows anyone to either get help with tasks or pursue new projects such as kitchen designs.

His comments come amid growing uncertainty over how AI could impact society, the workforce and the environment. Data centers, often powered by Nvidia’s chips, have emerged as an especially contentious issue ahead of the midterms.

Polling has showed Americans are increasingly concerned about the future of jobs, with a recent Reuters/Ipsos survey finding more than half of respondents fear they or someone in their household will lose their job because of AI.

Huang urged those hesitant to try it first, emphasizing the potential benefits of AI, from tax revenue to job creation.

“I think it could elevate your capability. What I would advocate for everybody to do is just go try it before you judge,” Huang said.

Huang was speaking from Sherman, Texas, where the semiconductor manufacturing company Coherent and Nvidia broke ground on the expansion of a factory to develop a laser to transmit data among chips and cut power consumption by AI up to 50 percent, the Associated Press reported.

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