Jensen Huang says AGI doesnt really matter, and he may be right for the wrong reason

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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:55:29 +0000

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Jensen Huang may be right that AGI no longer matters, but todays ordinary AI misuse poses a more immediate threat than any Skynet scenario

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Skynet has missed another appointment. Depending on which Terminator timeline you prefer, the murderous artificial intelligence should have become self-aware in 1997, 2004, 2011, 2017, or perhaps last Tuesday. Each date has passed without a nuclear exchange. The machines have mostly occupied themselves by flattering users, mangling fingers in photos, and confidently inventing facts for gullible people to believe.

That has not stopped Silicon Valley from treating artificial general intelligence as both an imminent miracle and an approaching monster. AGI supposedly marks the moment a machine can match human intelligence across a broad range of tasks, though nobody can agree on which tasks, which humans,
or what counts as intelligence. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang thinks it already happened and nobody noticed. For many tasks, we could say that weve already achieved AGI, he said during Nvidias latest earnings call . He added that
such milestones are kind of senseless at this point. So much for Skynet. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

But he is right that AGI has become close to useless as a measure of
progress. Companies can redefine it according to whatever their newest model happens to do well. It's a promotion, not a scientific standard. Apocalyptic decoy But AI isn't harmless even if it's not inclined to play with nuclear bombs. There are less theatrical dangers from AI fueled by old-fashioned
human greed and malevolence. You may like Googles AI chief warns of growing AGI risks Blaming AI for layoffs is too lazy according to Nvidia's CEO Quote of the day by Nvidia CEO, Jensen Huang: "I appreciate that many of us grew up and enjoyed science fiction, but it's not helpful" on quantifying the existential risks posed by AI

Todays AI can produce endless fodder for scams. It can clone voices and faces well enough to trick loved ones out of money, use phishing messages to hack secure servers, and flood social networks with synthetic accounts that never tire of arguing. None of this qualifies as AGI under any serious definition, but the distinction offers little comfort to the person hearing a fake recording of a relative begging for money.

The fixation on AGI may actually make life harder for regulators. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. Profit isn't a good yardstick Huang argued that the concept of AGI should be replaced. We should consider if it is doing productive and useful work and generating profitable tokens. That makes sense for Nvidia, but to ordinary people worried about AI, profitability is not much of a safety test.

Scams are profitable. That's why there are so many. Firing human employees
for an AI model that is 30% as good at 10% the price is profitable (in the short term). Neither result is something to brag about when describing the result of your product.

Retiring AGI as the organizing obsession and fear of the industry makes
sense, but that doesn't mean AI companies can relax. Intelligence is too complex to serve as the sole trigger for concern. Power might be a better lens. We can measure who uses AI, and how, as well as who is expected to
clean up when they fail. Then we'll know how explosive an impact it's had on our lives.

Conversations about liability, identity verification, ownership, and other legal details don't have the visual excitement of mushroom clouds, but regulators should make AI companies discuss them instead. We need to keep an eye on the human hands on the keyboard, not the perpetually delayed Skynet. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. The best business laptops
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