Altman and Huang Admit: The Public Isn't Buying the AI Hype
Top AI leaders concede that public resistance to artificial intelligence is stronger than they anticipated.
The AI industry's biggest cheerleaders are getting nervous. In recent interviews reported by the New York Times, OpenAI's Sam Altman admitted that AI adoption is hitting more resistance than he expected. Meanwhile, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang went further, warning that the "doomer narrative" around AI may actually be winning.
That's a striking admission from two people who have staked their companies — and billions of dollars — on the premise that the world is desperate for AI everywhere.
The core issue: regular people aren't as thrilled about plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence as the people building it. Public enthusiasm has been underwhelming, and tech leaders are starting to notice the gap between Silicon Valley's vision and everyone else's appetite for it.
Resistance isn't a bug in the adoption curve. It might be the whole story.