Jensen Huang to German Chancellor: you can't regulate technology that doesn't exist
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-21
A viral clip from a German event shows Chancellor Merz asking Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang how Europe should regulate AI. Huang's answer: "You can't regulate something when the technology doesn't exist." He argued safety is engineering, not hopes and wishes; companies need binding standards first, and state/industry mandates come last. Regulating the internet is hard, regulating internet applications is not — start there; and there is nothing to regulate if the industry doesn't thrive.
The reposter, Rob Leclerc, used the clip to attack the EU's regulation-first mindset, arguing Europe is regulating itself back into the dark ages and should impose a moratorium on new regulations and let market incentives work instead.
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