# False AI-Consciousness Claims Scare People by Jensen Huang > “[Claims that engineers do not understand AI and that it is becoming conscious] just scare people, and [they’re] not true.” > **— Jensen Huang**, *Founder and CEO, Nvidia* ## Sources and Context - **Direct or near-primary source:** [Open source](https://ceointerviews.ai/interview/884429/) — Milken Institute Global Conference 2026; independently transcribed version of the same exchange. Supplied exact wording: “Those kind of words just scare people, and it’s not true.” Context supplied in the dossier: “Immediately after describing claims that engineers do not understand AI and that it is about to become conscious:” - **Editorial clarification:** Square brackets in the Reminder make the supplied source context explicit. Supplied wording variant(s): “Those kind of words just scare people, and it’s not true.” ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “[Claims that engineers do not understand AI and that it is becoming conscious] just scare people, and [they’re] not true.” — Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO, Nvidia https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-jensen-huang-false-ai-consciousness-claims-scare-people ```