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At the end of the book, Jensen berates his biographer for asking too many questions about AI safety. In Stephen Witt's final interview with him, Jensen unleashed "twenty minutes" of "uncontained, omni-directional, and wildly inappropriate" shouting. The anger was sparked when Witt showed him a 1964 Arthur C. Clarke video predicting future AI systems that will "out-think their makers." Witt asked whether humanity was prepared for the potential risks that could arrive in such a world. Jensen was not happy: "This cannot be a ridiculous sci-fi story," he said. He gestured to his frozen PR reps at the end of the table. "Do you guys understand? I didn't grow up on a bunch of sci-fi stories, and this is not a sci-fi movie. These are serious people doing serious work!" he said. "This is not a freaking joke! This is not a repeat of Arthur C. Clarke. I didn't read his fucking books. I don't care about those books! It's not– we're not a sci-fi repeat! This company is not a manifestation of Star Trek! We are not doing those things! We are serious people, doing serious work. And – it's just a serious company, and I'm a serious person, just doing serious work."
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Excerpt from a book review/article about Stephen Witt's biography of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, recounting Huang's angry, dismissive reaction when confronted with AI-safety questions and an Arthur C. Clarke prediction about AI outthinking its makers. Documents a prominent AI-hardware figure's emotional resistance to safety discourse — relevant to Nathan's AI governance interest in how industry leaders relate to safety concerns.
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