"As someone who doesn't understand a damn thing about it (AI), it has enormous potential for good and enormous potential for harm, and I just don't know how that plays out," Warren Buffett told shareholders at the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting in Omaha, Nebraska May 3-4. (Photo: Dan Brouillette/Bloomberg)

Billionaire investing savant Warren Buffett shared his opinion and experience with artificial intelligence with tens of thousands of shareholders attending the annual Berkshire Hathaway meeting in early May. The rise of AI has taken many industries by storm, including property and casualty insurance, and Buffett aired his concerns that generative AI could pose more harm than good to society as a whole.

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Ashley Hattle-Cleminshaw

Ashley Hattle-Cleminshaw serves as ALM's PropertyCasualty360 Senior Editor. She brings 10 years of experience in journalism and communications to the editorial team. Reach her by sending an e-mail to [email protected].

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