Cosseted AI billionaire admits he doesn’t know his own ADDRESS or phone number

A world-famous tech billionaire raised eyebrows when he admitted not knowing his own address or phone number during an interview earlier this week.

Jensen Huang, founder of the largest company in the world, Nvidia, talked to New York Times journalist Ezra Klein when he made the shock claims.

Huang’s company has a market capitalization of $5.4 trillion. Since 2023, 15 cents of every single dollar the American stock market has returned has been from Nvidia stock, the Times reported.

Huang, who started out as a dishwasher at Denny’s before founding Nvidia, is one of the most influential players in the rise of Artificial Intelligence.

The chips his company produces are part of the reason for why AI exists in its modern form.

In the interview, Klein addressed public concerns that the rise of AI also makes basic skills forgotten. 

Klein presented Huang with Chinese research that showed that AI tools help kids get homework done faster but that the same research also showed that any skills the work was meant to impart were not actually sticking.

Huang agreed that this lack of retention was likely related to the kids’ usage of AI but said he was not worried, adding that it does not matter certain skills are going extinct. 

Huang made the shock claims during an interview with New York Times journalist Ezra Klein, after Klein asked him about certain skills going extinct because of the rise of AI

‘Try to get a kid to do long division right now,’ Huang said. ‘The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter? I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.’ 

When the interviewer pointed out that there must be some skills that matter, Huang agreed, but wondered if basic math was one of those skills, suggesting we are going to ‘discover new ones.’ 

Klein pushed back: ‘But there must be some set of skills that matter.’

Huang replied: ‘There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.’

Klein interrupted Huang saying that he does not believe that to be true.

‘It’s completely true,’ Huang explained. ‘One day I had to pump gas – it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code.’

Huang, whose company has a market capitalization of $5.4 trillion, said in the interview with Klein: ‘One day I had to pump gas – it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code’

Huang also said that he believes that despite public fears, the growth of AI will led to a net creation of jobs

The tech billionaire doubled down: ‘I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.’

Throughout the interview, Huang and Klein also discussed public concerns of AI’s negative impact on the job market.

According to Huang, ‘we are going to see jobs change en masse. I believe there’s going to be a net creation of jobs.’

The tech billionaire also made sure to stress his sense of responsibility that stems from his company’s influential technology. 

‘I’m always worried about the future. That’s why I work so hard. I’m a, if you will, responsible optimist.’

‘For society, what they should know is this: We’re going to build our company, we’re going to build our technology, I’m going to do my work so incredibly seriously that what they get to enjoy is my optimism. I do the same with my children. I do the same with my family.’

Huang further addressed a recent comment made by Elon Musk who talked about humans being a biological stepping stone to AGI. Huang disagreed with that view.