NYT essay calls Jensen Huang's downfall "masculine hubris," sparking AI industry backlash
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-11-14
Stephen Witt wrote in The New York Times that "Mr. Huang's unraveling is not a technology story. It is a timeless tale of masculine hubris, of a man undone by reckless overconfidence."
The framing drew pushback from the AI community: one commenter noted that people who made money thanks to Jensen Huang jumped at the chance to tear him down the moment he fell, calling the spectacle sickening.
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