Warren Buffet
Warren Buffett.
  • Warren Buffett's warning that AI is like the atomic bomb is too negative, one expert says.
  • Georgetown professor Babak Zafari compared it to nuclear energy given the benefits and risks.
  • AI could free human workers to create things and solve problems instead of replacing them, he said.

Warren Buffett's grave warning about artificial intelligence is too pessimistic, according to one expert.

The elite investor compared AI to the atomic bomb during Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting this month. He cautioned that humanity was letting another genie out of its bottle.