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Technology leaders press G20 to build data centers as they disagree over AI risks

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Technology executives urged G20 ministers to treat artificial intelligence as infrastructure and build the data centers needed to support it.
  • Jensen Huang rejected fears that AI will eliminate all jobs, arguing that work will be redefined instead.
  • Sam Altman supported adoption but said countries could build or lease data centers, while protests highlighted public concern over rapid AI development.

Jensen Huang and Sam Altman arrived before G20 technology ministers with a direct message: countries should adopt artificial intelligence and build the data centers needed to power it.

The idea that somehow all jobs are going to be eliminated or disappear (...) is simply nonsense.

· Jensen HuangHuang rejected fears that artificial intelligence will eliminate employment.

Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, said countries should recognize AI as infrastructure, alongside water, roads, electricity and the internet. Nvidia’s graphics processing units are central components in the data centers being built around the world to train AI models.

He also dismissed fears that the technology will erase employment. “The idea that somehow all jobs are going to be eliminated or disappear (...) is simply nonsense,” Huang told the ministers. He argued that work would be redefined rather than vanish. “Tasks will be automated, but the purpose of our jobs remains,” he said.

Tasks will be automated, but the purpose of our jobs remains.

· Jensen HuangHuang argued that AI would change work rather than eliminate it.

Huang’s strongest warning was aimed at governments focused on the risks of AI. “The worst outcome is that you don’t take advantage of it, that you fall behind. That is, by far, the worst outcome,” he said. He also urged governments not to overregulate the technology, echoing comments made by Elon Musk the previous day.

The worst outcome is that you don’t take advantage of it, that you fall behind. That is, by far, the worst outcome.

· Jensen HuangHuang warned governments that failing to adopt AI would be worse than the technology’s potential risks.

Altman took a less forceful approach to the question of building data centers. “Some of you will choose to build data centers. Some of you will choose to rent other people’s data centers because you don’t want them in your country,” he said. “I think all of that is fine.” But he maintained that adoption itself was not optional. The meeting at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was met by a protest of between 100 and 200 people, reflecting public concern as U.S. midterm elections approach.

Some of you will choose to build data centers. Some of you will choose to rent other people’s data centers because you don’t want them in your country. I think all of that is fine.

· Sam AltmanAltman said countries could either build their own data centers or lease capacity elsewhere.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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