CoreWeave CEO chalks up public AI pushback to the speed of change: 'And that is frightening'

TechPublished Wed, Sep 9 202611:37 AM EDTKey PointsCoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator said he thinks artificial intelligence companies haven't explained the technology's benefits well enough to the public.Those comments came during the Goldman Sachs' Communcacopia + Technology conference, which brings together leaders across the biggest tech and media companies. The public opposition to artificial intelligence and data centers is front and center at the Goldman Sachs Communcacopia + Technology Conference.CoreWeave CEO Mike Intrator told CNBC's David Faber that companies haven't explained the technology's benefits well enough to the public."I don't think we have done a particularly good job of talking about the benefits of what the data centers allow the AI companies to be able to deliver to people, to governments, to decision making," Intrator said in comments that aired Wednesday.The annual conference brings together leaders across the biggest tech and media companies, and AI adoption — along with the pushback many local communities are showing towards its buildout — is perhaps one of the biggest opportunities, and risks, facing businesses of every kind.Intrator insisted that the fear around the transformation isn't about data centers, specifically, but is about how fast things are changing."It is really about: Hey, you know the world is changing, and it's changing very quickly, and that's going to have impacts on myself. It's going to have impacts on my children, and what is that going to look like? And that is frightening," he added. Read more CNBC tech newsApple event live updates: First foldable iPhone, new watch series expected as Ternus makes debutAndreessen- and Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory as it exits stealthAnthropic researcher says AI has more than 10% chance of 'killing all humans' after colleague quitsHow one hedge-fund manager built his firm to be powered entirely by AI agents