“It is unlikely most people will lose a job to AI,” Huang said in the interview published last week. “It is most likely that most people will lose their job to somebody who uses AI. And so we have to make sure that everybody uses AI.”
Huang’s prediction is already playing out in the labor market, according to the Writer report. In the survey, 60% of executives said they are considering cutting employees who refuse to adopt AI. Moreover, workers using AI are three times as likely to have gotten a promotion and pay raise last year compared with workers dragging their feet on AI adoption.
“Your job, the purpose of your job, and the tasks that you do in your job are related but not the same,” he said.
Huang shared some insights into what AI adoption looks like at Nvidia. He said the most successful employees are those who embrace the tool.
“The software engineers who know how to work with AI are the most popular software engineers,” he noted, adding that these employees are actually busier than ever.
But it’s not just engineers. Huang is seeking AI pros across the board. He said companies are looking for recent college grads with sophisticated AI knowledge.
“Whether it’s [an] expert at using AI for marketing or finance or engineering or software engineering, we are looking for expert AI users,” he said.
