Matthew Barnett: Jensen Huang isn't lying about AI doom for profit
MatthewJBar · x · 2026-09-20
Matthew Barnett argues that Jensen Huang's actions are not consistent with secretly believing AI doom is likely while lying about it for profit—presumably he'd only profit briefly before dying along with everyone else.
nablatheta's underlying point: Huang simply says whatever helps him make more money, whereas OpenAI and Anthropic make statements that would be confusing if profit were their only motive—an asymmetry in incentive alignment between the two camps.
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