Video You can add Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett to the list of people concerned about the implications of artificial intelligence on society.
Warren Buffett: AI and the atomic bomb
During the company's annual shareholder meeting on Saturday, Buffett compared the technology's potential to the Manhattan Project and the arms race that followed.
"I really don't know anything about AI," the super investor admitted during the meeting, which you can watch below. "Used in a pro-social way, it has fantastic benefits for society. But I don't know how you make sure that happens any more than I know how you make sure that when you use two atomic bombs in World War II that you would know that you hadn't created something that could destroy the world later."
Buffett also suggested that just as with nuclear warfare capabilities, our hands are somewhat tied in the development of AI technology in that if we don't adopt it, someone else will.
