Nvidia & Meta AI Chiefs Drop Bombshell: Machines Now Rival Human Intelligence—Is Your Job Next?
Silicon Valley's top AI minds just declared war on human exceptionalism.
Nvidia's Jensen Huang and Meta's Yann LeCun—two gods of the GPU temple—claim today's AI systems already match human cognitive abilities. Not in some distant sci-fi future. Right. Now.
The implications? Brutal.
Wall Street analysts are already pricing in 'human labor depreciation' curves—because nothing makes hedge funds harder than firing 10,000 accountants and replacing them with a $20/month API.
Meanwhile, crypto traders are placing leveraged bets on which AI project will first pass the Turing Test... while accidentally proving bots have dominated crypto Twitter for years.
The great replacement theory just got a software update.
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Machines Reach New Levels
Jensen Huang said that AI now performs real labor and helps people across many industries. He noted that the world already has enough general intelligence to turn research into useful tools, adding that the change is not in the future but happening now.
Yann LeCun explained that the idea of “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI, will not be a single moment. Instead, it will grow step by step as systems become stronger in different areas. Fei-Fei Li pointed out that machines can now identify thousands of objects or translate many languages, which few humans can do. Still, she said that human thinking will always play a key role in society.
Industry Moves and Investor Focus
Investor interest in AGI is also climbing. Mentions of AGI in company earnings calls ROSE 53% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to a year earlier. Many public and private AI firms have gained higher valuations based on the belief that they are close to major advances.
OpenAIand Anthropichave drawn billions of dollars from backers who hope to lead the next phase of AI growth. The race between the United States and China to reach full AGI continues, with each side investing heavily in computing and research.
Experts See a Gradual Path
While some investors expect AGI within two years, others think it could take decades. Yoshua Bengio said that machines will likely match human ability in almost all tasks at some point, though not yet. Geoffrey Hinton believes that in about 20 years, a debate with a machine could end with the machine always winning.
Still, Bengio advised caution, saying that no one can predict the exact timeline. He added that decisions made today should not depend on uncertain ideas about the future. For now, the experts agree that AI already works beside humans and will keep expanding its reach. The question of when it becomes “fully intelligent” may matter less than how people choose to use it.
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