By Kevin Okemwa
Publication Date: 2026-01-12 13:48:00
Generative AI is poised to change society more than any other technology developed by humans, thanks in part to the hundreds of billions of dollars it consumes.
While Google DeepMind’s CEO Demis Hassabis has warned that we’re on the precipice of achieving AGI (artificial general intelligence), but society isn’t ready to handle all that it entails, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says that the coveted benchmark will whoosh by with surprisingly little societal impact.
Jensen Huang says “God AI” may exist someday, but not next week, next year, or even this decadeThe timeline is biblical, even galacticNo company or researcher is close to building an AI that fully masters human language, biology, and physics at once”it’s far away, but the… pic.twitter.com/2M15uVUrBRJanuary 9, 2026
But perhaps more interestingly, several key stakeholders have made bold predictions about the future of the ever-evolving landscape. Last year, Joe Rogan claimed that if Jesus were to return, he’d “absolutely” return as AI. And now, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang has claimed that a “God AI“ may exist someday (via Haider on X.)
According to the executive:
“I guess someday we will have God AI, but that someday is probably on biblical scales. I think galactic scales. It is not helpful to go from where we are today to God AI. And I don’t think any company practically believes they’re anywhere near God AI nor…