Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang tells Trump ‘we’re not going to let [an AI slowdown] happen’

英伟达 CEO 黄仁勋告诉特朗普：“我们不会让（人工智能发展放缓）发生”

While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was onstage at the All-In Summit on Monday morning in Los Angeles, he got a phone call that he couldn’t send to voicemail — it was from President Donald Trump. 周一上午，在洛杉矶举行的“All-In 峰会”上，英伟达 CEO 黄仁勋在台上接到了一通无法转入语音信箱的电话——来电者是唐纳德·特朗普总统。

“I’m onstage with the besties,” Huang told Trump, referring to the venture capitalists who host the podcast All-In, including tech investors Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, and White House advisers David Friedberg and David Sacks. “我正和这几位好朋友在台上，”黄仁勋对特朗普说道。他所指的正是播客“All-In”的主持人，包括科技投资人查马斯·帕里哈皮蒂亚（Chamath Palihapitiya）、杰森·卡拉卡尼斯（Jason Calacanis），以及白宫顾问大卫·弗里德伯格（David Friedberg）和大卫·萨克斯（David Sacks）。

In a move that will spark night terrors for public relations professionals everywhere, Huang flaunted his comfort with the president by putting Trump on speaker for conference attendees to hear. 黄仁勋此举让各地的公关专业人士感到“噩梦连连”——他直接将特朗普的通话调至免提，让现场的参会者都能听到，以此展示他与总统之间的熟络。

“The great thing about life is Jensen can develop the most complex computer chip in the world… but he can’t figure out how to put you on speaker,” Trump said on the phone. (Huang is likely aware of how speakerphones work; he was asking stagehands for an extra microphone so that he could project the call to the audience.) “生活最奇妙的地方在于，黄仁勋能开发出世界上最复杂的计算机芯片……却搞不定怎么开免提，”特朗普在电话里打趣道。（黄仁勋显然知道免提功能如何使用；他当时正在向工作人员索要额外的麦克风，以便将通话声音传给现场观众。）

Onstage, Huang and the All-In hosts had been discussing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s call to “slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI.” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have publicly said they agree with Amodei, while Huang’s views have diverged. 在台上，黄仁勋和“All-In”的主持人们一直在讨论 Anthropic 公司 CEO 达里奥·阿莫代（Dario Amodei）提出的“放慢人工智能能力提升速度”的呼吁。SpaceX CEO 埃隆·马斯克和 OpenAI CEO 山姆·奥特曼已公开表示支持阿莫代，而黄仁勋的观点则有所不同。

“They’re just playing right in the hands of a lot of people that don’t want to see it happen,” Trump said. “That could be political people. It could also be China. And we’re not going to let that happen. It’s a hoax.” “他们正中那些不愿看到人工智能发展的人的下怀，”特朗普说，“这些人可能是政客，也可能是中国。我们绝不会让这种情况发生。这（放缓发展的呼吁）是一场骗局。”

“You’re right. We’re not going to let that happen, sir,” Huang replied as the crowd broke into applause. “您说得对。我们不会让这种情况发生，总统先生，”黄仁勋回应道，现场随即爆发出热烈的掌声。

Trump and his allies, like Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan, have stated their belief that the growing sentiment against data center construction is part of an international psyop to stifle American economic growth. But the source of the public’s concern is more straightforward. Recent Gallup polling shows that seven in 10 Americans oppose the construction of data centers in their area, with more than 50% of respondents citing the effect of data centers on environmental resources. About 20% said they were concerned about cost-of-living increases and effects on their quality of life. 特朗普及其盟友（如 Y Combinator 的 CEO 加里·谭）认为，目前针对数据中心建设日益增长的反对情绪，是一场旨在抑制美国经济增长的国际心理战。但公众担忧的根源其实更为直接。盖洛普（Gallup）最近的民调显示，十分之七的美国人反对在他们居住的地区建设数据中心，超过 50% 的受访者提到了数据中心对环境资源的影响。约 20% 的人表示担心生活成本上升以及对生活质量的影响。

“We have to be a little bit careful… We have to do things and we have to do them prudently, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to stop an industry,” Trump said to Huang. “So I’m with you all the way. I didn’t even know how you felt about it. I just hoped you felt the same way as me. We’re going to lead.” “我们必须谨慎一点……我们做事必须审慎，但这并不意味着我们要叫停一个行业，”特朗普对黄仁勋说，“所以我全力支持你。我之前甚至不知道你是怎么想的。我只是希望你的想法和我一样。我们要保持领先。”