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Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward) claims many otherwise intelligent people 'lose all…

Brief

Jeremy Howard criticizes how many people apparently abandon critical thinking when considering actions that impact their employer, posting on 2026-07-26. He highlights Julian Schrittwieser’s tweet celebrating Jensen Huang and expressing expectation that CUDA and NVIDIA GPU drivers will be open-sourced, using that example to make his point.

Why it matters

Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward) claims many otherwise intelligent people 'lose all cognitive capacity' when evaluating actions that affect the company that employs them (posted 2026-07-26).

Key details

  • He quotes Julian Schrittwieser (@Mononofu), who tweeted excitement that NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang would become 'a believer in open source' and anticipated an open-source release of CUDA and GPU drivers.
Source evidence

It continues to boggle the mind how many people, who otherwise seem to have a functioning intellect, appear to lose all cognitive capacity when it comes to thinking about actions that impact the company that pays them.

Julian Schrittwieser (@Mononofu)

I’m so excited that @JensenHuang is a believer in open source now, looking forward to the CUDA and GPU driver open source release!

— https://nitter.net/Mononofu/status/2080937562739531837#m