TECHNOLOGY—Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang rejected Bill Gates'
proposal to tax artificial intelligence to offset the potential impact of
automation on the job market.
Huang defended a more optimistic view of the future of
artificial intelligence, arguing that this technology, far from causing
widespread job losses, will generate new employment opportunities and transform
the way people work.
The Nvidia CEO's statements contrast with Gates' position,
who has raised the possibility of taxing work performed by artificial
intelligence systems as a way to compensate for the reduction in tax revenue
resulting from the replacement of human workers.
For Huang, the development of AI represents a new
technological stage comparable to other major industrial transformations. In
his opinion, although some jobs will change or disappear, new professions and
activities will emerge, driven by the growth of this technology.
The debate reflects one of the main discussions surrounding
the expansion of artificial intelligence: how to harness its economic benefits
without exacerbating inequality or leaving behind workers whose jobs could be
affected by automation.
Nvidia has become one of the central companies in the AI
revolution due to its processors and systems used to train and run artificial
intelligence models, which puts Huang in a relevant position within the debate
about the future of employment.