黄仁勋接了特朗普的电话,还展示了别的东西

内容总结:
英伟达CEO黄仁勋周一在洛杉矶All-In大会上成为焦点——特朗普总统在现场直播中直接打电话给他。但除此之外,还有一件事值得关注:黄仁勋身穿标志性的鳄鱼皮夹克,手里拿着的竟是苹果尚未发布的可折叠手机,而这款设备距离正式上市还有五周。在与总统通话时顺手展示未发布的新硬件,无疑是一次高调的炫耀。
特朗普接通扬声器后,话题转向AI安全,两人似乎都认同外界对AI的担忧被夸大了,特朗普甚至称之为“骗局”。特朗普认为,AI恐慌的真正受益者是中国和“政客”,并称这项技术太大——“比互联网还大”——不可能因此放缓。(黄仁勋当时对特朗普说:“你听到了吗?成千上万人在鼓掌。”)
黄仁勋是否真的认同这一观点,还是身不由己,外界无从得知。英伟达的商业模式很大程度上依赖于AI实验室持续购买更多芯片,因此淡化AI的生存风险,显然是维护公司股价的明智之举。(过去一年英伟达股价仍上涨33%,但今天下跌了几个百分点。)
无论如何,当所有人都在关注特朗普的意外来电时,也有人注意到了黄仁勋手中那部售价1999美元的手机。也许这正是黄仁勋自己的信号?在苹果停止在自家设备中使用英伟达硬件十年之后,如今苹果却需要英伟达来运行部分Apple Intelligence功能。
中文翻译:
周一,在洛杉矶举行的All-In会议上,黄仁勋成了头条新闻——特朗普总统在台上现场给他打了电话。但他的亮相还有另一处值得注意的地方。黄仁勋穿着他那件如今已成标志性的鳄鱼皮夹克,有人递给他一部苹果新款折叠屏手机让他接电话——而这款设备还要再过五周才上市。
在跟总统通话时顺手秀出未发布的硬件?这波操作不赖。
接通特朗普并开了免提后,话题转向了AI安全,两人似乎都认同,外界对AI日益加剧的担忧不过是特朗普口中的“骗局”。特朗普认为,AI恐慌的真正赢家是中国和“搞政治的人”,而这项技术太大了——“比互联网还大”,他说——不能因为担忧就放慢脚步。(“你听到了吗?成千上万人在鼓掌,”黄仁勋在这番对话中对特朗普说。)
黄仁勋是否真的认同这一观点,还是身在其中不便反驳,我们无从得知。英伟达的商业模式在很大程度上依赖于AI实验室购买更多芯片,所以如果他关心公司股价,淡化生存风险是显而易见的选择。(过去一年英伟达股价仍上涨了33%,但今天下跌了几个百分点。)
无论如何,当所有人都聚焦于特朗普的意外来电时,我们中有几个人注意到了黄仁勋手里那部价值1999美元的手机。也许这正是黄仁勋自己的信号?在苹果停止将英伟达硬件用于自家设备十年之后,如今苹果对英伟达的依赖已经深到需要用它来运行部分Apple Intelligence。
英文来源:
Jensen Huang made headlines Monday at the All-In conference in L.A. when President Trump called him, live, on stage. But there’s something else worth noting about his appearance. Huang, dressed in his now-signature alligator leather jacket, was handed Apple’s new foldable phone to answer it — a device that isn’t due to hit stores for another five weeks.
Flashing your unreleased hardware while chatting with the president? Not a bad flex.
Once he got Trump on speaker, the conversation turned to AI safety, and the two seemed to agree that mounting fears about AI equate to what Trump called a “hoax.” Trump argued that the real winners of the AI panic are China and “political people,” and that the technology is too big — “bigger than the internet,” he said — to slow down over. (“Did you hear that? Thousands of people are clapping,” said Huang to Trump during this same exchange.)
Whether Huang truly shares that same view or isn’t in a position to say otherwise, we’ll never know. Nvidia’s business model depends largely on AI labs buying more chips, so downplaying existential risk is the obvious move if he cares about his company’s share price. (It’s still up 33% for the past year but fell a few percentage points today.)
Either way, while everyone focused on Trump’s surprise call, a few of us noticed the $1,999 phone in Huang’s hand. And maybe that was Huang’s own message? A decade after Apple stopped putting Nvidia hardware in its own devices, it now needs Nvidia enough to run part of Apple Intelligence on it.