The executive director of the world’s leading chip manufacturer warned that, although the Artificial Intelligence (AI) It will significantly increase productivity in the workplace, it can lead to job loss if industries do not innovate.
“If the world runs out of ideas, then productivity gains translate into job loss,” said the CEO of NvidiaJensen Huang, in an interview with Fareed Zakaria da CNNwhen asked about comments made by the technological sector leader Dario Amodei, who suggested that AI will cause mass disturbances in employment.
Amodei, director of Anthropic, warned last month that technology could cause a dramatic increase in unemployment in the very near future. He told Axios that AI could eliminate half of entry jobs to administrative professionals and raise unemployment to up to 20% over the next five years.
Huang believes that,. But without new ambitions, “productivity falls,” he said, potentially resulting in fewer jobs.
“The fundamental question is this: we still have more ideas in society? And if we have, if we are more productive, we can grow,” he said.
O increase in investments in AI, that has fueled a massive technological boom in recent years ,.
Approximately 41% of executive directors said AI will reduce the number of workers in thousands of companies over the next five years, according to a 2024 survey of the Adecco Group recruitment company.
A survey released in January by the World Economic Forum showed that 41% of employers plan to reduce their workforce by 2030 due to AI automation.
“The jobs of all will be affected. Some jobs will be lost. Many jobs will be created and what I hope is that the productivity gains we see in all industries raise society,” Huang said.
Nvidia, which is among the companies that lead the AI revolution. The technology of the Santa Clara -based chip manufacturer, California, has been used to feed data centers that companies like Microsoft, Amazon e Google They use to operate their AI models and cloud services.
Huang defended the development of AI, saying that “over the last 300 years, 100 years, 60 years, even in the age of computers”, both employment and productivity have increased.
He added that technological advances can facilitate “an abundance of ideas” and “ways to build a better future.”
. More than half of major American companies said they plan to automate employees previously performed by employees, such as payment to suppliers or revenues, according to a 2024 Duke University survey and Atlanta and Richmond Feds.
Huang said that even his work has changed as a result of the AI revolution, “but I’m still doing my job.”
Some companies also use AI tools such as chatgpt and chatbots for creative tasks, including writing job ads, press release and creating marketing campaigns.
“AI is the largest technological equalizer we have ever seen,” said Huang. “It raises people who don’t understand technology.”
