Nvidia boss Jensen Huang says the “end of the world” crowd is spooking investors and insists the AI bubble is made up.
Huang said one of his biggest takeaways from 2025 was ‘the battle of narratives’ over the future of AI development between those who see doom on the horizon and the optimists.”
On the “No Priors” podcast, Huang said it was “too simplistic” to dismiss either camp outright, but he still went for the jugular.
“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. 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 took a swing at what he called “regulatory capture”, arguing that firms should not cosy up to governments asking for tighter rules.
“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…”
The worry, Huang says, is that the doom-heavy narrative is chilling the investment that would actually make AI safer and more useful
“When 90 per cent 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 said.
Elsewhere in the same chat, Huang argues that the AI bubble is a myth, because, of course, he does. Business Insider adds that “a spokesperson for Nvidia declined to elaborate on Huang’s remarks.”
