Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has warned about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on jobs. During a recent appearance at the Lex Fridman podcast, Huang said that AI is likely to disrupt roles that are task-based, as machines become better at handling repetitive tasks. “If your job is the task, then you’re very highly going to be disrupted,” Huang said adding “If your job’s purpose includes you certain tasks, then it is vital that you go learn how to use AI to automate those tasks.”“If I were a farmer, I would absolutely use AI. If I were a pharmacist, I would use AI. I wanna see how, what it could do to elevate my job so that I could be the innovator to revolutionize this industry myself. And so that would be the first thing that I would do.”Amid heightened job security concerns because of AI, Jensen Huang offered advice to graduates saying “Every college student should graduate and be an expert in AI”.
Jensen Huang: Jobs will evolve
During the podcast, Huang said that people often confuse their job with the tasks they perform. He explained that while tasks and tools may change over time, the core purpose of a job usually remains.Drawing from his own experience, Huang said he has been a CEO for over three decades, but the tools he uses have changed constantly. This, he said, shows how roles evolve with technology rather than disappear completely.He also pointed to the example of radiology, which was once expected to be replaced by AI. However, that hasn’t happened, as the role involves more than just analysing images — including decision-making and human judgment.Huang’s message was that AI is more likely to change how people work, rather than completely replace most jobs, especially those that go beyond routine tasks.
