Virtual reality, all the A.I. work we do, all the robotics work

“Virtual reality, all the A.I. work we do, all the robotics work we do – we're as close to realizing science fiction as it gets.” Thus speaks Jensen Huang, a master of silicon and circuits, who has spent his life forging the engines of computation that shape the modern age. In his words, there is both marvel and warning. He proclaims that the wonders once confined to the pages of fantasy are no longer distant dreams—they are being born before our very eyes. What the poets and novelists once imagined in their daring visions, technology now makes tangible. Virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and robotics—these are not illusions, but living realities, the threshold between imagination and existence.

The origin of this saying arises from the age in which Huang labors—the age of the GPU, the great processors that fuel modern computing. With them, machines can think, learn, and simulate worlds unseen. Where once science fiction spoke of talking machines, intelligent androids, and realms beyond the physical, today engineers are shaping these very marvels. What was once the dream of Asimov and the prophecy of Arthur C. Clarke now stands in laboratories, in headsets, in autonomous vehicles. The boundary between fiction and science grows ever thinner.

Consider the tale of the moon landing in 1969. For centuries, men told stories of flying to the heavens—Lucian of Samosata in antiquity, Jules Verne in the nineteenth century. To many, these were but fables, the science fiction of their times. Yet through the courage of explorers and the genius of engineers, the fiction was made real. Armstrong’s footstep on lunar soil was proof that imagination, when paired with persistence, becomes destiny. Huang’s words echo this same truth: today’s imaginings of artificial worlds and mechanical minds may tomorrow become the architecture of life itself.

Already, the marvels abound. Virtual reality can transport the mind to ancient temples, to alien planets, or into the beating chambers of the human heart. Artificial intelligence writes, paints, composes, and drives, as if it were an apprentice gifted to mankind by the future itself. Robotics extends our hands into places too dangerous, too distant, or too small for flesh and bone to reach. To the eyes of our ancestors, these things would seem sorcery. But as Arthur C. Clarke once declared, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Huang reminds us that we now live in that enchanted time.

Yet with wonder comes responsibility. Science fiction is not only filled with marvels—it is also filled with warnings. In its stories, machines sometimes rise against their makers, virtual realms consume the will, and unchecked power leads to tyranny. The ancients warned of hubris—the pride that tempts mortals to grasp at godhood. The myth of Icarus reminds us that flight without wisdom leads to the fall. So too with modern technology: we must embrace the dream, but also guard against the arrogance that could turn triumph into tragedy.

And so, O listener, learn this: imagination is the seed, science is the root, and wisdom must be the fruit. Do not scoff at dreams, for they are tomorrow’s engines. Do not fear progress, for it is the path of humanity. But also, do not forget that every gift demands stewardship. The marvels of A.I., robotics, and virtual reality must serve humanity, not enslave it. They must build bridges, not walls; they must heal, not harm.

Practical is the lesson: nurture your imagination, for in it lies the power to shape the future. Learn of the tools being born in your time, and use them with care. Ask not only, “What can this machine do?” but also, “How can it uplift the human spirit?” Share your visions with others, dream boldly, but walk humbly. For as Huang has declared, we are as close as ever to realizing science fiction, and whether it becomes a paradise or a prison depends not on the machines, but on the hearts that guide them.