Nvidia CEO Huang Rejects Hinton's AI Doom Forecast, Warns Hype Deters Youth From University

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang publicly rejected Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton's prediction that AI poses a 10% to 20% chance of societal collapse, calling the estimate unscientific and irresponsible during an interview published September 28, 2026. "I love Hinton, but I hate his predictions," Huang said, arguing that precise disaster probabilities without evidence generate panic rather than public benefit. He cited radiology, long forecast to disappear within five years, as a field where AI has automated tasks such as image reading but not replaced physicians' core diagnostic mission. Huang warned that daily "AI replaces humans" narratives could push young people away from university amid job uncertainty and pessimism about the future. He did not deny risk outright, advocating instead for treating safety as an engineering problem: no product ships without passing evaluation, alignment and monitoring. Analysts said AI governance should prioritize verifiable safety standards over single disaster probabilities.