Warren Buffet Compares AI Development to Nuclear Weapons, Says, "We Let the Genie Out of the Bottle."

Warren Buffett expressed mixed views on AI at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, noting its potential for both good and harm. Buffett shared seeing a highly realistic AI-generated deepfake of himself delivering a message he did not send, which shook him. He analogized AI and nuclear weapons as saying, "We let the genie out of the bottle when we developed nuclear weapons." Most analysts are bullish on AI for productivity gains but Buffett warned it may disrupt labor-intensive industries. Buffett has voiced cybersecurity and other emerging tech concerns before due to implications for humanity.