Huang says AI can fight climate change — after inflicting 'enormous pain and suffering' — on The Ezra Klein Show

Nvidia's CEO on AI, energy, and climate

The Verge reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, speaking on the latest episode of The Ezra Klein Show, said AI can help fight climate change — but only if it inflicts 'an enormous amount of pain and suffering' first. Huang discussed the future of energy and AI's impact on the planet. The Verge characterizes his comments as the same accelerationist argument seen from other tech leaders and President Donald Trump: that AI will be such a gift to humanity that it is worth the damage caused by data centers currently running on dirty energy. The Verge also calls Huang's 'extreme level of privilege' glaring in the interview. The account comes from The Verge's write-up; the full interview is the original source for Huang's remarks. [1]