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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Niloy Chakrabarti

Warren Buffett Compares the Risks of the Rapid Rise of AI to Those Posed by Nuclear Weapons

Buffett reiterates concerns over the existential risks AI poses to humanity. (PHOTO: Kilian Rannou/X)

Legendary investor Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, expressed concern over the current state of artificial intelligence development. He warned that the lack of clarity among AI leaders regarding where the technology is headed is dangerously comparable to the historical development of nuclear weapons.

'Even the people that are smartest about it say they don't know where it's going. It's one thing to say you don't know where you're going if you're Columbus and you can always turn around and go back, but the genie is out of the bottle,' said Buffett, famously known as the Oracle of Omaha.

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