TAIPEI (TVBS News) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) delivered a keynote speech at the company's GTC Taipei 2026 event at the Taipei Music Center (台北流行音樂中心) on Monday (June 1), emphasizing the arrival of Agentic AI. Huang dismissed concerns about AI reducing job opportunities, calling such claims nonsense.
Huang said the era of Agentic AI and practical AI applications has already arrived. Rather than replacing workers, he argued, these technologies are increasing demand for engineers, particularly software developers, and will expand the overall job market.
He emphasized that software remains the foundation of the AI economy, supported by what he described as a vast global ecosystem of roughly 30 million to 40 million professional developers. According to Huang, around 30 million developers collectively generate approximately US$3 trillion in annual wages, which in turn drive broader economic growth across industries.
Those wages translate into significantly higher output, he said, estimating that US$3 trillion in compensation produces nearly three times as much, around US$9 trillion, in economic productivity. This is the potential of AI. This is the promise of AI, Huang said, adding that the technology is already contributing to an increase in the number of engineers being hired.
"AI is now a profit engine. AI is now a machine that generates GDP," Huang said, describing the current moment as an unprecedented opportunity for the software industry.