Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, speaks about AI. [Yonhap News]

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has strongly criticized the "AI apocalypse" theories emerging in the tech industry.

Huang stated on the recent podcast 'No Priors' that "last year was a year of narrative warfare," and that "prominent figures have spread apocalyptic or science-fiction-like narratives (about the future AI will bring), causing much harm," as reported by the U.S. business publication Business Insider on the 10th (local time).

He pointed out that such AI apocalypse theories are not beneficial to industry, society, or government.

"Ninety percent of the overall message is apocalyptic and pessimistic," he emphasized. "This is even stifling investments aimed at making AI safer, more productive, and more beneficial to society."

In particular, he expressed concern about "regulatory capture" when referring to individuals within the tech industry calling for stronger government regulations.

Regulatory capture refers to the phenomenon where regulatory agencies or legislators, intended to serve the public interest, become beholden to specific industries or interest groups they are supposed to regulate, and end up serving their interests.

Huang commented on tech industry figures demanding strong regulations, stating, "Their intentions are clearly conflicted," and "their intentions are not for the best interests of society."

"They are clearly CEOs, and they are companies," he emphasized. "They are representing themselves."

While Huang did not name the individuals he was criticizing, Business Insider noted that he has previously disagreed with predictions such as those by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, who predicted that AI would replace half of entry-level white-collar jobs.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is another prominent figure in the tech industry who has repeatedly stressed the need for stronger regulations.

Meanwhile, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft (MS), recently stated that society needs to move beyond labeling AI content as "low quality," indicating that leaders of major tech companies are striving to reverse negative public opinion on AI.