“When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes an appearance in Taiwan, he is received like a pop star. He effortlessly fills Taipei’s large concert hall with business partners, journalists, and young people eager to see the star of artificial intelligence (AI)—who was born on the island—and his new promises in person. He does not disappoint them: At one point, he has an entire server rack wheeled onto the stage—one of the countless units Nvidia is currently installing in AI data centers around the globe. He then showcases the full range of PCs, laptops, and other devices in which the company’s chips are set to enable AI applications in the future—the ‘supercomputer for the home,’ poised to soon take over all manner of tasks for its users.
If Huang and the other representatives of the chip industry—who have gathered in Taipei this week for their annual trade summit—have their way, artificial intelligence is now finally poised to sweep triumphantly through ever-more areas of daily life, becoming increasingly autonomous in the process. From small earbuds and smart glasses to automobiles and even humanoid robots, Cristiano Amon of Qualcomm uses his keynote speech to demonstrate the full spectrum of products that, in his view, will soon enrich our lives through the power of AI agents. The car reminds you of a weekend party, selects a suitable outfit, purchases it, and finally drives its owner to the store so they can at least pick it up in person. What sounded like science fiction until very recently is now said to be within arm's reach.
Naturally, the chip bosses mention the fact that all these visions consume enormous amounts of energy only as a selling point for their own particularly energy-efficient products. Yet the fact that many people—and not just in Germany—are likely to be anxious about their data protection and privacy if ‘we all become walking cameras,’ as Amon once put it, is deemed unworthy of even a passing mention. The technical possibilities—this is made clear at the Computex trade show evident year after year, they know almost no bounds. To what extent, however, people will truly allow them to encroach upon their lives remains to be seen.” [1]
1. Alles werde KI. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung; Frankfurt. 02 June 2026: 22. Von Tim Kanning
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