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Warren Buffett likened AI to building an atomic bomb at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting.
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Buffett has long spoken about the horrors surrounding nuclear war.
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A legendary investor said AI could “change everything in the world except the way humans think and act.”
Warren Buffett has likened artificial intelligence to building an atomic bomb, becoming the latest prominent business figure to sound the alarm about the rapid advancement of technology.
Speaking at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual MeetingBuffett was skeptical of AI’s ability to replace humans and recognized just how much technology could already do.
While noting the limitations of current technology, such as the inability to tell a convincing joke, he said:
“We invented the atomic bomb for a very good reason. And in World War II, what we invented was very important. Is it good for the world’s next 200 years? Unleashed?”
Buffett paraphrased Albert Einstein after the atom split. led to the creation of the atomic bombEinstein pointed out that the atomic bomb “changed everything except our mode of thinking.”
“With AI, we can change everything in the world except the way humans think and act. That’s a big step,” concludes Buffett.
Buffett has long been a strong opponent of nuclear weapons and emphasizes the importance of comparing them to AI.he made some comments Decades of its dangersaid he would give all his money to reduce the likelihood of an attack if he knew how.
“The Sage of Omaha,” in an April interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box Mentioned the possibility of another pandemic or nuclear war It kept him up late more than the success of Berkshire Hathaway.
Here are Buffett’s comments: Resignation of the so-called “Godfather of AI” From Google last week. Geoffrey Hinton told his New York Times about his concern that it’s too late for technological excesses to rule.
In an interview with Reuters, Hinton spoke about the threat of AI to the world May be more urgent than climate change.
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