By Emma Burleigh
Publication Date: 2026-04-01 15:11:00
Many white-collar workers are anxiously awaiting the fate of their jobs as more leaders sound the alarm of impending AI-fueled layoffs. But Jensen Huang, the CEO of $4.26 trillion chip giant Nvidia, offered a reassuring message for professionals who believe their roles are on the line.
“[What] I want to make sure we all do, is to recognize that people are really worried about their jobs,” Huang recently said on the Lex Fridman Podcast. “I just want to remind them that the purpose of your job, and the tasks and tools that you use to do your job, are related, not the same.”
Workers are understandably stressed over their employers investing billions into AI, as layoffs sweep tech companies, and AI agents are positioned as humans’ new coworkers. Leaders like Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick have even predicted that when artificial general intelligence (AGI) reaches maturity, the tools will be just as capable as people—and Huang said “we’ve already achieved” the feat.
However, Huang’s not convinced that AGI will cause a jobs reckoning, just like previous tech transformations weren’t able to snatch his job.
“I’m the longest-running tech CEO in the world, 34 years,” he continued. “The tools that I’ve used to do my job have changed continuously in the last 34 years, and sometimes quite dramatically.”
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Huang explained…
