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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has strongly criticized the "doomer narrative" surrounding AI, arguing that influential figures spreading fear are causing significant harm. He believes this negativity discourages vital investments in AI development, hindering its potential to become safer and more beneficial for society. Huang also voiced concerns about companies seeking government regulation for their own gain.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has criticised the “doomer narrative” surrounding artificial intelligence (AI). The 62-year-old chief executive of the chipmaking giant has argued that scary stories from influential figures about the future of AI are causing real harm to the world.
Speaking on the “No Priors” podcast, Huang said that 2025 was defined by a "battle of narratives" between those who are hopeful about AI and those who fear it. He argued that while it is okay to be careful, some famous experts are going too far with their warnings.“I think we've done a lot of damage with very well-respected people who have painted a doomer narrative, end of the world narrative, science fiction narrative. And I appreciate that many of us grew up and enjoyed science fiction, but it's not helpful. It's not helpful to people. It's not helpful to the industry. It's not helpful to society. It's not helpful to the governments,” Huang said in the podcast. However, Huang didn't name the people in question, nor did he give a specific reason why some people may be sharing a more negative outlook on AI.
Instead, he cited concerns about “regulatory capture,” arguing that no company should approach governments to request more regulation.“Their intentions are clearly deeply conflicted, and their intentions are clearly not completely in the best interest of society. I mean, they're obviously CEOs, they're obviously companies, and obviously they're advocating for themselves. When 90% of the messaging is all around the end of the world and the pessimism, and I think we're scaring people from making the investments in AI that make it safer, more functional, more productive, and more useful to society," he explained.
Huang noted that too much negativity is changing the way people talk about AI. Previously, he disagreed with Anthropic's CEO, Dario Amodei, who predicted that AI could replace up to half of all white-collar entry-level jobs within five years. However, Amodei later said that Huang misrepresented his views.
Other tech leaders who want to change the narrative around AI
Apart from Huang, other CEOs are also hoping for a different AI story in 2026. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote in his year-end note that he wanted society to move beyond labelling content AI "slop."“We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication. and develop a new equilibrium in terms of our 'theory of the mind' that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other,” Nadella wrote on his blog.
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