Nvidia Boss Confesses He Can't Do Basic Math Either
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says kids forgetting math is fine, admitting AI reliance means he doesn't know his own address or phone number.

In a shocking admission that has parents and educators clutching their calculators, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has confessed he’s just as lost as the kids he says shouldn’t bother learning multiplication. The tech titan, whose AI chips are powering the very brain-rot he now champions, delivered a jaw-dropping interview where he shrugged off the collapse of basic education, all while revealing he doesn’t know his own address or phone number.
Speaking to The New York Times, Huang was presented with damning research showing AI tools are creating a generation of homework-cheating zombies who can’t retain a single skill. His response? A chillingly cavalier dismissal. “Try to get a kid to do long division right now,” he scoffed. “The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter? I don’t think it does.”
The confession got even more personal, and more bizarre. Huang recounted a moment of sheer panic at a gas pump when asked for his ZIP code—a number his multi-billion-dollar brain apparently cannot store. “I actually don’t know my address,” he declared, blaming his own reliance on tech. “I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.”
Insiders are whispering that this isn’t just corporate posturing; it’s a terrifying glimpse into the Silicon Valley endgame. Why teach children arithmetic when the CEO of a world-dominating tech firm can’t be bothered to remember where he lives? Huang’s solution? We’ll all become ‘systems thinkers,’ a vague term he rambled about for over 200 words without making a lick of sense to anyone outside his AI-bubble.
The fallout is immediate. Critics are lambasting Huang’s vision as a dystopian bargain: trade your fundamental human knowledge for the privilege of using his company’s products. The message is clear: if the architect of our AI future can’t handle a gas station transaction, what hope is there for the rest of us? One thing’s for certain—the next time your GPS fails, don’t ask Jensen Huang for directions.
Original article: Kotaku ▸



