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Nvidia CEO says AI era requires new social norms

June 18, 2026 at 16:44 EDT

Policy & Regulation
Infra & Chips

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press that society must create new social norms to adapt to the rapid spread of AI, and urged everyone to start using the technology.

NVIDIA CEO · Jensen Huang

"We need to create new social norms" for the age of AI

In an exclusive interview, Huang urged everyone to embrace AI rather than fear it — comparing today's moment to the dawn of the automobile, when society built sidewalks, crosswalks and rules to live alongside a new technology.

"Just go
engage it"

His advice: everybody should use AI

New
opportunities

He argues AI improves lives

Narrows the
divide

"More than any prior tech"

The analogy

A new technology arrives → society builds the rules

The automobile
a powerful new tool

→

Sidewalks · crosswalks
infrastructure & norms

→

Artificial intelligence
build the same for AI

Supportive view

"Norms change first, structure catches up later"
A push for faster AI adoption
Frames AI as a new Industrial Revolution for the US

Skeptical view

Risk of job losses and worker displacement
Irony: the chip supplier now preaching "norms"
Concern over the lack of a safety net

Set against opposition to data centers, fears of job losses and US–China rivalry, a call for "social norms" from the company powering the AI boom now enters a charged political debate.

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