AI more feared than atom bomb now, but technology is for good: Huawei CEO

Tech giant Huawei’s founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei on Tuesday said atom bombs were the biggest fear once, but now there is fear over artificial intelligence, but people must realise that the development of technology is for good.

Speaking at a session on ‘A Future Shaped by a Technology Arms Race’ here at the WEF Annual Meeting, Zhengfei said AI is not as damaging as atom bombs.

Speaking during the same session, historian Yuval Noah Harari, however, said the danger is not so obvious in AI as compared to atom bombs and there are benefits for some actors.

“You can win the race and dominate the world. It’s a conversation in Beijing and San Francisco – in Washington they don’t really understand what’s happening,” he said.