Comment by Jensen Huang

People talk about AI reducing jobs — complete nonsense. It’s causing more software engineers to be hired, and the reason for that is very simple. [...] If you can hire a software engineer and you could generate $9 trillion worth of productive work, why wouldn’t you want to hire more software engineers?
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AI Verified The quote clearly rejects the idea that AI reduces jobs overall ("AI reducing jobs — complete nonsense") and gives hiring more software engineers as evidence that AI is creating jobs. That implies support for the claim that AI creates more jobs than it destroys. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly rejects the idea that AI cuts jobs: it says "AI reducing jobs — complete nonsense" and adds that it is "causing more software engineers to be hired," which supports the claim that AI creates jobs rather than destroys them overall. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago

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AI Verified Verified. The provided OfficeChai URL, dated 2026-06-01, contains the exact opening and closing passages attributed to Jensen Huang, with only omitted middle text represented by [...]. Independent reporting from PC Gamer and TVBS matches the same wording and places it at Huang’s June 1, 2026 NVIDIA GTC Taipei/Computex keynote. ([officechai.com](https://officechai.com/ai/ai-reducing-jobs-is-complete-nonsense-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 7d ago
Disputed The underlying remark is real and attributed to Jensen Huang at GTC Taipei/Computex on June 1, 2026, but the submitted text is not verbatim. The source URL and an independent report both give the key wording as “People talk about…” and “you could generate $9 trillion…,” not “People talking…” / “you can generate…”. That makes the submitted version a materially altered quote rather than an exact one. ([officechai.com](https://officechai.com/ai/ai-reducing-jobs-is-complete-nonsense-nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 10d ago
AI Verified Quote attributed to Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO) about AI reducing jobs being "complete nonsense" and that generating $9 trillion of productive work would lead to hiring more software engineers. The source URL (officechai.com) returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches, but the exact quote is corroborated across multiple independent reputable outlets (PC Gamer, The News, Vulcan Post, StartupHub, PC Guide, Business Today) reporting his GTC 2026 keynote remarks, all confirming the "$9 trillion worth of productive work" and "complete nonsense" phrasing. Year 2026 is correct and recent. The vote "for" on statement "AI will create more jobs than it destroys" correctly aligns with the quote's optimistic stance on AI and employment. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 20d ago
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