Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2026-09-23
Books mentioned on Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far
Jensen Huang might just be the single most influential person in artificial intelligence today. Huang is the chief executive of Nvidia, the company that designs nearly all the chips and infrastructure that the rest of the industry relies on.
Jensen Huang recommended Computer architecture : a quantitative approach by John L. Hennessy and others, The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen, and Positioning by Al Ries and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Computer architecture : a quantitative approach
Computer architecture : a quantitative approach by John L.
Recommended“the book that made a huge impact on me was computer architecture from Hennessey and Patterson a quantitative approach it was the first computer architecture book that that reduced the complexity the abstract idea of computer architecture down to engineering and I love it when people take complicated concepts and reduce it into something that you could do something about”
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen's classic management book examines how established companies can fail when confronted with disruptive technological changes.
Recommended“number two I really loved innovators dilemma claims past but but clean christians his book on how how industries evolve over time and how to see emerging technology and how to set proper expectations about it and how to extrapolate maybe its future impact”
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Positioning
Positioning by Al Ries and Jack Trout is a classic marketing and corporate strategy book that explores how people perceive the world, view products, and how companies can effectively frame their messaging.
Recommended“I really loved Al Reese's and Jack Trout's book on positioning it's a really wonderful book about how people see it's a book about marketing strategy more than that actually it's just it's a book about strategy and and how people see the world and how people see products and how you present products and how you see your own”
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